It is indeed a problem widely recognised but AFAIK there's no real fix for it, other then what you described and running the clipbrd.exe viewer.

I suggest you give Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 a try, hopefully your problems will go away.

Actually, I did try Firefox beta but it broke some of my plugins. The SessionSaver one is the one I couldn't live without (lets you save all your tabs even when you close Firefox and/or reboot)

Then I tried the hack that is supposed to make Firefox beta work with older plugins, but it didn't work.

BTW - how does running the clipbrd.exe viewer help? I had to enable NetDDE, NetDDE DSDM, and Clipbook services, which I had disabled since they take memory and are security risks. oy!

But is there some sort of workaround you are describing? If so, maybe I'll take the memory hit and security risk.

I luckily don't suffer from this issue but I've read about the clipbrd.exe viewer here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311844
I had to enable a couple services to get it running here as well Can't say much more about how it should solve this.

I still suggest you give 1.5 beta 2 a try and get the updated extensions from http://www.extensionsmirror.nl it's so much snappier then 1.0.7 is.

I myself use Beta 2 and SessionSaver and this one works just great http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=166

I found that most extensions have been made 1.5 or even 1.6+ compatible if you find one that just doesn't work for you let me know and I'll try finding or even bumping up the max version for you.

I am using Firefox 1.5 beta 2 and I _still_ have a lot of clipboard problems. Sometimes only Copy works, other times neither are available. Sometimes both work fine! In addition, my arrow keys randomly stop working. Also, the Single Quote key and the Forward Slash keys sometimes stop working and trigger the Find mode! (the find box across the bottom of the screen!) How odd.

Restarting Firefox seems to get things working properly again (for a while). Anyone have a solution? Beta 1 did the same things, now Beta 2 is doing it. My old 1.02 MOOX build seemed to be fine, all these problems are new with 1.0.6, then 1.5 B1, and now 1.5 B2. Argh! Please help, thanks.

Do you two have NewDotNet installed on your systems?

I ask because of this (scroll down): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311844

Nope, no NetDotNet here. Maybe I'll try the Firefox beta again and try and find the latest plugins.

>>I'll try finding or even bumping up the max version for you.

Yeah I bumped my version number the first time I tried the beta which got the SessionSaver to work but I think it broke the Tabbed Browsing plugin. Something was flaky, don't remember exactly what. It's been several weeks.

Tom, I'm in the same boat. I tried the MS AntiSpyware, and no NewDotNet here either. I'm still using 1.5 Beta 2.

Cypher, thanks for the link, I looked through it and tried all the solutions to no avail... But I'll keep trying!

Additional note - it seems that the PageUp and PageDown keys stop working after a while as well. I've tested that they do continue to work in other applications, while they stop working in Firefox.

I was aware of the copy/paste problem before reading this entry but wasn't aware it is so widespread. The fact there doesn't seem to be *any* solution for it is well frustrating to say the least.

Who wants/needs the added features if basics like copy/paste don't work. Hopefully it will be resolved quickly.

I wish I could provide additional, let's try this,... but other then a brand new profile and safe mode, which will probably fail I'm all out. As is everyone else I talked about this issue.

Hoping for better times.

Hi all,

I have had this problem for a month or so and didn't want to risk handling those js files manually.

Somehow, today when I inspect the extensions installed in Firefox, I found, guess what, "New.net 6.9"!

I uninstalled it. But the uninstallation cannot be completed. I don't know if it's caused by new.net or something else.

I uninstalled Firefox, deleted the profile and reinstalled Firefox 1.0.7. But the copy/paste problem was still there.

Then I read this forum and realized the copy/paste problem may be related to new.net.

So I looked around and found "New.net" in control panel -> add/remove programs. I removed it as well and rebooted my PC.

Now it works!!! I can copy/paste in Firefox now!

Hooray!

I wonder why only Firefox is affected by new.net, which is a nasty spyware. I wonder if it's some other competitors behind this new.net attack on Firefox...

all.js, prefs.js and user.js all do the same thing. You could've put the code in any of them.

all.js is where some of the default preferences are stored in the program.

prefs.js is where preferences the user has changed are stored.

user.js is where the user is supposed to change preferences themselves.

You can get a nice pretty GUI for changing them by putting "about:config" in the location bar.

And they're extensions, not plugins. Plugins are things like Flash and Java and QuickTime.

Also, the newest versions of SessionSaver work fine for me, though I had to bump the maxVersion for one version of it. If you use Tabbrowser Extensions, well, it's a cool extension, but it's known to cause problems. You might want to use Tabbrowser Preferences, Tab Mix, Tab Mix Plus and other extensions to replace the TBE features you use. I got a noticeable speed increase by switching to other extensions.

I can't comment on the clipboard problems. I've never had any problems. (Well, I have, but it's not really Firefox's fault.)

You aren't using clipomatic by any chance? I've been having similar problems with firefox, then it occurred to me to disable the clipboard history program I'm running. Hey presto, firefox ctrl-c now works every time. Unfortunately I haven't found a replacement for clipomatic that I like yet, gah!

I'm not using Clipomatic or any third-party clipboard programs. However, I did upgrade to Firefox 1.5 beta 2 and "bumped" all my favorite extensions and it appears the Clipboard issue has gone away. I've know changed my opinion of Firefox from "hate" to "like", but not quite "love".

my latest complaint is that you can't minimize tabs like I can in Avant Browser (Uses IE engine with tabs support). Also, when you close a tab in Firefox (Ctrl-W) it doesn't always seem to go back to the previous tab I was viewing. Quite annoying.

Happens when I close multiple tabs as well. I can't seem to figure out what order Firefox is choosing. I'd like it to remember exactly which tabs had the focus so when I close tabs the focus returns to the previous tab I was viewing. Maybe I need to dig deeper into the Tabbrowser extension settings.

I spoke too soon. Just experienced my first Firefox clipboard issue with 1.5 beta 2. So far it has only happened within a HTMLArea javascript WYWIWYG editor I use for blogging in MovableType. I'll post a comment here if copy/paste fails for other copy/paste operations, such as copying the URL or text from a page to another app.

Perhaps an example of how programmers think they know what is best for their users?

Perhaps in theory there are Javascript paste "viruses", but disallowing the most basic of all functions is lame.

Oddly, since I can paste just about everywhere except for inside some javascript web applications, perhaps also the "problem" may be related to the javascript in the web applications? (I do not know enough about javscript.)

Firefox/Mozilla developers do sometimes think they know best and don't listen to users. They can easily fix this if they have a mind to. They can add "allow pastes" to the Advanced Javascript Options.

Just ran across someone saying that SHIFT-INSERT works when CONTROL-C or Right-Click Paste does not work. And shift-insert does does paste!

Now that is odd.

Just use the Allow Clipboard Helper extension to configure the files:

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=852

Kind regards

Jonathan

ya shift insert worked! weird workaround for this bug...

I've been using FireFox daily for two years and have never had a clipboard problem. Probably a local incompatibility.

I luckily don't suffer from this issue but I've encountered similar problems under windows, in all programs. Imagine, the copy entry available in any edit menu, but the paste entry always greyed out.
Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V had no effect, and worse, the Security tab invisible in foldre properties, ... until I discovered that the W3C service hung on startup (status Starting...).
Solution: kill inetsvc.exe (or something like that) through Task Manager and it automatically restarts... and all the problems are gone!
Cause of this annoyance: service hung on startup because no network interface had an IP address! (problem with WiFi access point)
BTW, I like Firefox.

I've discovered while coding in Visual Basic that if you have any Microsoft Office product open that uses the fancy Office clipboard, this will affect any program that uses the Windows clipboard. For example, my VB apps that use the Windows clipboard can throw a runtime error and close if I try copying to the clipboard. So I reckon this Firefox bug is actually a Microsoft Office bug. I haven't seen the Firefox source code, but in my experience, the VB workaround is to ignore the runtime error. Bad coding practice, but maybe Firefox does the same thing. Workaround? I'm still working on it.

FKIN FIREFOX ARGHHH

FLAMEMEMEM

so whats the solution?

I used to use firefox, but what with the annoying clipboard and some other problems I found, I switched over to Opera. It doesn't have any clipboard problems (for me anyway) and it's a actually faster than firefox with downloads and uploads, in case you want to give it a try

Using Win XP, SP2, Firefox 1.5 final

I have followed the directions written above. My problem happens when I want to paste into online WYSYWG editors such as TMedit for Mambo which is basically HTMLarea 3. I get this error even though I have created a user.js into the Application Data / Profile directory of Mozilla and the code Firefox prompted to add, edited prefs.js and all.js. Yet my problem persists. I have read that Firefox was aware of this isssue since V1.04 and yet there is no fix on there new release? Screw security when it disrupts functionality. If someone wants to hack my clipboard let the geek do it. I would rather have the functionality than be paranoid about security. IE allows it. Are we to go back to that dog of a browser?

And Opera isn't free. The free version I believe is loaded with banner ads and annoying popups.

Wow!
you are "CTO, VP, Founder of... 11 years telecom experience, 25 years programming" and you didn't heard about this -> http://allowclipboard.foxinus.cz/ or the same on mozilla-site https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/...?!?
My respect! *gg*

>>and you didn't heard about this -> http://allowclipboard.foxinus.cz/ or the same on mozilla-site...

Actually I have heard of AllowClipboard Helper and in fact tried this utility months ago. All it does is insert the proper string into user.js or prefs.js, I forget which. It didn't solve my clipboard issue. Sorry, but it's a bug with Firefox not user error.

I've had this problem as well. I solved it by enabling the 'clipbook' service in windows XP.
This means that I first had to enable the 'Network DDE' and 'Network DDE DSDM' services, which I'm not too happy about...

hmmm never mind. the problem suddenly re-appeared again

my frustration over this bug is going through the roof !!!!! No other
application I use has this problem, so why should it be a problem for FF ?!?!?

Eheheh!! Damn are those who think IE is bug free! Or think about this for a second; Firefox has had features since its early days (eg. the extremely useful tabbed browsing) which will be implemented in IE 7.0, due sometimes in 2006, almost two years later!). Plus... if and ONLY IF we are lucky, we should AT LAST have a semi-decent CSS support in IE, which FF/Mozilla have had for years now!

Mate, you really need to have a look of pros and cons of things before you whinge!

I actually find this feature pretty useful; think about how many people copy/paste passwords (say from an accoun activation email or something). Well if you do, ANY OTHER WEBSITE can have access to that information if you use IE! Hopefully this wasn't your internet banking credidentials!

Cheer up, life doesn't sux this much as now we have a SOLID alternative to IE! (Lynx isn't, Opera barely, and netscapt still strugling!)

R.

sorry for the typos.. and the clipboard feature I'm refering to is the ability to allow only certain websites to access the content of your clipboard!

Cheers!

R.

BTW.. you don't HAVE to edit 3 files! if you'd be a bit conscient about what you're doing, you'd realize these 3 files have an EXTREMELY DIFFERENT behaviors!

Oh... and... btw IE7 will finally display transparency in PNG images correctly (according to M$)... this bug has been known by M$ since IE 4.0 (remember windows NT 3.51? or 98? that's close to 10 years ago now!

eheheh!! you fool! (lucky you I didn't wanker!)

Cheers!

@Ryders : the 'feature' as you call it only pops up intermittently, this means that if we look at your example of copying/pasting passwords, firefox is just as bad as IE, possibily even worse.
The IE behaviour is predictable : it will always copy passwords to the clipboard
The firefox behaviour is unpredictable : sometimes it will copy passwords to the clipboard and sometimes it won't...
This 'feature' really annoys me. I like firefox, but I find it strange that such a basic functionality is still not working properly.
If firefox doesn't copy because it wants to protect me it could at least let me know what it's doing !!!!

I still use Firefox as my primary browser, HOWEVER when the clipboard issue bites me from time-to-time, I then have to launch IE, manually type in the URL that I'm curently browsing in Firefox, then Ctrl-C the text from IE and paste it into Firefox. So basically Firefox is FORCING me to still use IE! Not good!

>>I actually find this feature pretty useful; think about how many people copy/paste passwords

I presume you are referring to the "security feature" of not allowing Firefox to copy/paste. This is a bug, not a feature. It should either block the clipboard 100% of the time or allow it 100% of the time for a specific URL (specified as 'Allowed' site) but instead it depends on Firefox's mood. It's totally unpredictable which is what really ticks me off.

I don't typically copy/paste my passwords, so I could careless about this "security" feature that prevents hackers from viewing my password. Hell, I usually SAVE my password using Firefox's "Save password" feature, so if they really want to access my accounts, they only need to access my PC. (though I only save passwords to non-critical non-financial sites) I'm not that naive when it comes to security.

i usually drag a lot to text editors, instead of ctrl+c, Ctrl+v, so i guess i haven't had enough chance to see that nasty clipdrop phenom.

when copying webtext to a wp, i ctrl+c (or right click, copy), then paste special>unformatted.

fyi, i've been using suite and/or ff since only ff1.00, moz1.73. ie6 is too annoying to return to, now that i've seen the big city :-) (i've also tried a few ie-based tabbrowsers)

hmm digression: below is, "Notify new comments in this post?"
checkbox to notify me or (unlikely:) notify you??

i have this same problem. i'm glad that it's not just me but SO frustrated that such a simple thing is not being fixed by Firefox. Is there a reliable solution for this, once and for all?

Copy and paste from FireFox 1.5 works to any app except Outlook 2k, where it adds a URL attachment instead. If I first paste to an intermediate app like notepad or a simple text editor (or even Word) and then copy & paste to the Outlook 2k email it works fine. Highlighting & dragging the desired text from FF to the email also works.

eric : only one solution works here (windows XP) : run the clipboard viewer

c:\windows\system32\clipbrd.exe

once that is running, everything works like it should here.

Also, you can De-Activate the "Smart Clipboard" from Word. It makes all the Clipboard access from office applications "Smart". And if you have an office application open once, the "smart" thingy stays there even after you close it.

So, de-activate the smart thingy from Word (Options, Edit) and things should go well

at least for me i didn't notice any more clipboard problems

Why hate Firefox over such a small issue...

...when there are far more important reasons to hate Firefox 1.0.7 - 1.5.0.1?

The most important 2:

(1) Firefox stalls completely. Here's a fun thing to do; here's a thing that'll make you want to sue: spend 30 minutes filling out a form, crafting a blog reply, etc. Then, right before you click Submit, realize that Firefox is dead in the water. Now, wait another X minutes or hours for Firefox to come back -- but it never does. You can't cut and paste what you entered -- it's gone, buddy.

This has happened to me numerous times since 1.5, and maybe also with 1.0.7.

(2) Open up a few tabs, and click on some links, and zoom -- Firefox balloons up to 300 - 600 MB. This RAM-chewing issue appears to be related to the #1 problem above -- it balloons up and then dies.

The last few versions of FF have turned this lover and advocate into a hater.

I had this problem on a Mac - even with no MS office apps open (the machine does have Office 2004)

Open Word - Preferences - Edit - untick use 'smart copy and paste'

So far the problem hasnt reoccured

Nope - still doing it

I'm now wondering it is the keyboard, modern keyboards wear our really quickly but hitting ctrl-c hard a few times usually makes it work.

It's easy to blame the wrong thing if youre using firefox a lot - thats where you'll notice the keyboard failing, if you use ctrl-c a lot thats the first key that will stop working

This annoys me all the time.
You can do a simple test even on this page to
see this issue if you have the google toolbar.
Simply try to copy and paste this text into
the google search box. Fails for me.
However, dragging the text often works.

I have had the same copy and paste issue, sometimes in firefox the ctrl+c, ctrl+v, arrow keys etc start acting up.

I have found that closing all other programs, MS Word etc, makes the shortcut keys start working again in firefox.

I have only had this problem since upgrading to version 1.5 of firefox. Upgrading to 1.5 also disabled my right click, check spelling option.

There are pretty much possibilities to contact the guys from the mozilla foundation. Most issues will be fixed with the next release of ff.

I never had that problem with firefox at all and don't know this effect.
But why did you do a cutcopy and not a simple copy of the text? So the text couldn't hit the data nirvana if something runs wrong.

And as far I know Firefox uses the Windows Clipboard - except for the copy/paste functions invoked by javascript - which should be a security advantage, not a bug or bad behavior.

Wondering,
ibot

(p.s.: this text was pasted without hassle

>>But why did you do a cutcopy and not a simple copy of the text? So the text couldn't hit the data nirvana if something runs wrong.

I usually DO copy/paste vs. cut/paste. However, sometimes when creating a blog entry within Firefox I have to move text to another location in the blog editor. Sure I could copy/paste but then I have to go back and delete the original text. That's a 2-step operation. Besides, the copy/paste fails just as much as cut/paste in Firefox.

I just had a problem copy pasting some text here, so then I went back and hit Ctrl-C really really fast and it worked. Works like a charm 50% of the time!

Someone emailed me with this workaround. I have been testing it for about a week and it does appear to work the majority of the time. In fact, it worked 100% of the time except for this one instance, but I can't recall what it was. I wanted to wait to post this solution to the problem until I was sure it worked. But figured I may as well share it now.

Feel free to try this tip and see if it solves it for you.

First click on "View", then "Toolbars" and "Customize"!

Drag the icons for "Cut", "Copy" and "Paste" into your toolbar. This bypasses the security issues Firefox has within web pages. Then use these toolbat buttons for your cut, copy, and paste.

I found another workaround for this bug. Whenever it happens:

I click Start>Run and type "Clipbrd" then click OK.

This launches the Windows Clipboard viewer. Click the Edit menu, and select Delete. This clears the clipboard.

After doing that, Firefox works fine again. My theory is that the clipboard data is somehow corrupted and gets "locked" so Firefox can no longer cut/paste to the Windows Clipboard feature. Deleting the contents of the clipboard with this workaround restores the functionality to Firefox.

It's worked everytime for me. It also corrects the arrow keys not working, as well as the comma and a few other keys that seem to get "remapped" when the copy/paste glitch is happening. This is all related and clearing the clipboard seems to help.

Hopefully some coders will weigh in and tell us why.

followup to my last comment:

Someone might wonder what can be seen in the Windows Clipboard viewer when the Firefox copy/paste glitch is happening. When I open the viewer to clear it because of the glitch is happening, usually there is nothing viewable in the viewer, it appears to be empty. However, the viewer does allow me to delete whatever invisible data that is actually there, restoring copy/paste functionality to Firefox.

These problems that you are having with Firefox is understandable, it's new and the versions that you mention you are using are BETA versions. Are you submitting your change requests to Firefox concerning this issue or are you hoping that the issue will resolve itself?

I have been able to "copy and paste" data from MS Word to Firefox without any problems and without updating ant of the the prefs files. All I do is highlight the text then click and drag it to the window. It
works great! Plus if you are using high-resolution and multiple monitors it makes moving information around alot easier.

These problems that you are having with Firefox is understandable, it's new and the versions that you mention you are using are BETA versions. Are you submitting your change requests to Firefox concerning this issue or are you hoping that the issue will resolve itself?

I have been able to "copy and paste" data from MS Word to Firefox without any problems and without changing any of the the prefs files. All I do is highlight the text then click and drag it to the window. It works great! Plus, if you are using high-resolution and multiple monitors it makes moving information around alot easier.

>>I have been able to "copy and paste" data from MS Word to Firefox without any problems

It's copying from Firefox to other applications that is the problem - not the other way around.

>>It's copying from Firefox to other applications that is the problem - not the other way around.

It works the other direction too.

To quote Johannes:
"These problems that you are having with Firefox is understandable, it's new and the versions that you mention you are using are BETA versions. Are you submitting your change requests to Firefox concerning this issue or are you hoping that the issue will resolve itself?"

In fact, I am experiencing these problems with the production versions 1.5 and 1.5.0.1 of Firefox.
And yes, there is an active bug request at Mozilla, search for clipboard error or copy paste and you will find several. Best regards, Dan.

I have exactly the same issue with sometimes non-working cut/copy and paste.

First off, I don't have Office smart clipboard turned on, I am not referring to security copy/paste blocking, I do not want to turn on unneeded services just for firefox to run and I won't use stupid clipboard viewer -- other programs work just fine with the clipboard without all that crap!

It is Firefox BUG in handling basic window messages called WM_CUT, WM_COPY and WM_PASTE.

Here is what I have found out by some testing:

0. Start with an empty clipboard

1. Select the text in say address bar or some edit box in the form, right click and select Copy.

2. Right-click again to check the state of menu options.

Normaly it should enable Paste if it was grayed out (i.e. no content on the clipboard before). Sometimes however, Copy _clears_ the clipboard without copying anything to it and the Paste gets grayed out if there was something in the clipboard before.

Now if you stubbornly repeat right-click and Copy then the Paste option will cycle through the stages like this:

enabled
disabled
enabled
enabled
disabled
enabled
disabled
disabled
disabled
disabled
disabled
enabled
disabled
disabled
disabled
enabled
...

Obviously this should not happen. I had this issue with Hyperthreading enabled CPU now I have it on dual-core CPU. I have tried to set process affinity and when I limit it to cpu0 it happens less often -- paste doesn't work every 10-th time or so. When I lock it to cpu1 then it alternates fast like every 2nd or 3rd time paste doesn't work (it is grayed out).
I am beginning to suspect that this is some nasty threading issue in firefox code. That could be the reason why some people have never experienced it -- they most probably have single core CPUs. Either that or everyone who is experiencing the clipboard problem uses some extension that somehow interferes with this. I would like to hear your thoughts on this Tom.

I do not have a dual core CPU, I have turned off Microsoft advanced clipboard and I'm still getting this problem. (, ctrl+c not working)

The last time this problem occurred I tried turning off all other programs one by one to see at what point Firefox started acting normally again.

Just after shutting down Google Desktop Search the problem stopped, does anyone else with this problem use Firefox and a Desktop Search?

Desktop search runs intermittently and integrates with firefox to index every page you visit, so a conflict between them might explain this bug.

regular P4 3Ghz here. I don't use Google Desktop Search, but I do use Yahoo! Desktop Search. I thought there might be a connection, however I don't use either on my home PC and it to has clipboard issues.

re: copying into Outlook 2K
I have this problem but only with emails that are formated as plain text (Menu -> Format -> Plain Text). If you change the format to HTML, pasting the text goes into the message body. Then change the format back to plain text.

eric : only one solution works here (windows XP) : run the clipboard viewer

c:\windows\system32\clipbrd.exe

once that is running, everything works like it should here.

Me a complete non techie and bugged to death by not being able to use paste with firefox. I am learning to hate it. This happened after I instale some updates!!

Reliable fix, and I now suspect spyware/malware

Okay found a fix that seems to work reliably. I'd like others to try it and see if it works.

1) Close all instances of firefox.
2) Rename firefox.exe to afirefox.exe (or any other name for that matter).
3) Start the renamed executable. No need to reboot or do anything else.

My problem was cut/copy not working at all, scroll wheel on mouse not working at all. Tried reboots, uninstalling, removing profiles and reinstalling version 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.8, 1.0.5, and 1.0. Tried the new.net removals. Tried changing user.js. None of that worked. The

above steps did work.

I can rename back to firefox.exe to reproduce the bug. Tried about 7 times (closing firefox completely between attempts, and rebooted once in between tries just to make sure I had a clean running system). If the name is firefox.exe cut and copy do not work, mouse scroll does not work. If the name is afirefox.exe all works fine. The existance of firefox.exe is not a problem. I can have a copy named firefox.exe but I must start my first running instance from an executable named something else otherwise copy, cut and scroll do not work.

My conclusion is that SOMETHING is interfeering with the clipboard for program known as firefox.exe. I have no idea what though. I tried copying notepad.exe to firefox.exe and placing it in the same directory, but when I start notepad as firefox.exe the clipboard in

the renamed notepad works just fine. So now if I'm right we're talking about something that interfeers with firefox very specifically and deliberately, or one of the strangest bugs I've EVER seen.

System is windows XP SP2. Firefox version currently in use is 1.5.0.1.

@Sammy Yousef

Thanx ! Your Info Helped !
Now it works @ least 4 me...

The clipbook viewer fix was working great for a month or so after i first came across this page. After upgrading to 1.5.0.2 i get the problem even with clipbook viewer open. WTF is going on?!?!?!

Figured out the problem.. at least for me...

One word:

MALWARE (underclassified by Symantec as ADWARE)

----------------------

I run a Norton Quickscan every night to make sure my computer is clean. And I noticed that Firefox was messing up after I installed a program, so I knew it was linked to that. I did the renaming suggested in one of the posts above to afirefox.exe, but I felt like I was just going around the problem. I wanted this fixed! I had the clipboard problem, which was fixed under the rename, and I had some other problems too.

Well, last night, Norton found my malware. It's called AdvertMen. Here is the scan results of my scan so you can track down your adware.

Source: Manual Scanner
Risk category: Adware
Overall Risk Impact: Low
Performance: Low
Privacy: Low
Removal: High
Stealth: Low
Click for more information about this risk : Adware.AdvertMen
Action taken: Removed
Description: Affected areas:
1 Files:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\pushow94.dll - Reboot required

2 Registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall\UninstallString - Deleted
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft \Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Windows\ AppInit_DLLs - Repaired

1 Additional areas:
Unknown - Deleted

Here is a link to the program described on Symantec's webiste:

securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/ 4294907004...
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After removing the adware, Firefox is back to normal. Hope this helps you guys!

>>After removing the adware, Firefox is back to normal. Hope this helps you guys!

Well, thanks for the tip, which may help some users reading this entry. But I can tell you my multiple PCs all have this issue and I have the latest anti-spyware checkers. I've even had this problem after a clean install and then just installing basic apps like Microsoft Office. Just for kicks, I checked for the pushow94.dll file you mention and I don't have it.

There is something else going on.

I have been having the same problem, I was starting to wonder if the ctrl button on my keyboard was going bad.. Every time I try to copy or paste anything in or out of firefox nothing shows.. There is one thing I noticed though.. When you highlight text, it doesnt always come up with the option to copy.. Sometimes it just shows the regular right-click menu.. which may be why ctrl+c doesnt always work in it.. maybe its not always recognizing text..?