Can you try disabling hardware acceleration?

1. Click the menu button and select Options.
2. In the Firefox Options window, click the Advanced tab, then select General.
3. In the settings list, you should find the Use hardware acceleration when available checkbox. Uncheck this checkbox.
4. Now, restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.

Additionally, please check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in this article:

• Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL

I found a new graphics driver entitled "Video_Driver_5V482_WN_10.18.10.3316_A02.EXE" from Dell Product Support. It was last updated on February 26, 2015, and I don't remember updating any drivers since that date. I did follow your four steps, but if I were to install that driver, which I'm going to do immediately after this reply is posted, would I be able to re-enable hardware acceleration and not get this issue? At first, I thought this was a bug that Mozilla was still struggling to find a solution for. Nine months ago, I couldn't pair a set of Bluetooth headphones to my laptop until I realized it was an out-of-date Bluetooth driver that was causing the issue. On the other hand, it paired to my older iPhone 4S immediately and without any installations or updates. I can see why more former staunch defenders of Windows products are getting a Macintosh computer just to "try it out" and then become Apple fanboys immediately after they realize its reliability and performance requires much less user action than Windows these days.

Well, I tried to install the driver, and I get a message that asks me if I want to overwrite the newer driver my computer already has with the one I downloaded from Dell Product Support. This isn't something you see on Macintosh computers very often. I still much prefer Windows since there's so many different things you can do when it comes to getting things done, and rich, white, young socialites can't handle these problems like I often do.

Not sure about other issues, but the Chinese characters appearing next to tabs are caused by the McAfee Site Advisor extension. You can disable that on the Add-ons page. Either:

• Ctrl+Shift+a
• "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Extensions. Then you can find it on the right side.

Often a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the page and click one of the links as the last step.

Success?

For reference:

• why do is ee a different language signs on top ogf page
• the language viewed on my tabs will randomly change from english to something like Korean or something
• Firefox tabs display weird characters
• Active Tab has floating chinese characters as well as the tab name how do I get rid of this?

tjinperspective said

Well, I tried to install the driver, and I get a message that asks me if I want to overwrite the newer driver my computer already has with the one I downloaded from Dell Product Support.

Better to keep the newer driver.

Last year, the Kaspersky Internet Security subscription that Costco offered with my laptop when I got it on Christmas of 2013 caused Firefox to display a "This connection is untrusted" error when I tried several important webpages, including any Google page when I updated it from Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 to Kaspersky Internet Security 2015. This is another reason why more staunch Windows defenders are becoming former staunch Windows defenders and Apple fanboys. Sometimes, internet security software acts like a virus, and it doesn't keep any real ones out!

That, my friend, is the terrible truth in advertising.

I forgot to mention, the only way to get Google to work again was to uninstall Kaspersky Internet Security entirely. While this issue is nowhere nearly as serious, I'm starting to understand all the reasons why more people are migrating from Windows to Macintosh than the other way around these days now that I am experiencing the situations they were in.

For what it's worth, Kaspersky is supposed to update your Firefox to work with its SSL Scan feature automatically. Sometimes you have to do it manually. Assuming you want the software to intercept and filter all your secure communications. Otherwise, you can turn that feature off.

But I still don't believe the Apple fanboys when they say you can never get a virus on a Macintosh computer. That is palpably untrue, and you can even get a virus on an iPhone or iPad! It has happened before, which means simply viewing a suspicious website on an iPad is not always safe.

When I go to college and major in computer science, one of the first things I'm going to study for is how internet security software works. It is by far the most common reason for problems on every non-Apple computer I've ever used since Windows XP, back when racism wasn't an everyday topic.

I don't know if I should just remove McAfee SiteAdvisor, but as I presently see it, it's more trouble than it's worth. I know what a dangerous site looks like, and as long as you know what could happen to your computer and even your identity (especially your banking information) if you get a virus, all you really need to keep in mind while on the internet is to be careful.

Hi tjinperspective, if you are skeptical of links and think before you click, you might not need a site advisor add-on.

You also can subscribe to services that block malware distribution and phishing sites, which supplement the information Firefox gets from the SafeBrowsing project. For example:

• OpenDNS "PhishTank" protection: https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/
  • This is free for home use
  • Works by blocking your browser from accessing suspicious sites (kicks in if you try to load the bad page)

Computer/network/infrastructure security is a hot area for jobs, so there's another reason to pursue it further.