Me formulated the question :
> FromTheRafters  wrote in
> news:m95djt$a74$1@news2.open-news-network.org: 
>
>> Me presented the following explanation :
>>> I think I got screwed by some freebie download the other day.
>>> 
>>> Youtube now will not play any of the videos in Firefox.
>>> 
>>> The Play screen remains blank.
>>> 
>>> MS Internet Explorer does play youtube videos without a problem.
>>> 
>>> I recalled an earlier C: image from True Image, but I still have
>>> the problem with FF.  This problem did not exist on the recoverd
>>> image from a week or so ago.
>>> 
>>> How could this problem has carried over to the reloaded earlier
>>> C: image?
>>> 
>>> I'm fairly certain it was due to a couple of downloads I did the
>>> other day.  That's why I think it is being caused by malware of
>>> some sort. 
>>> 
>>> Anyone hear of this problem before?
>> 
>> Does the problem go away when you start FF in safe mode?
>> 
>> 
>
> I have a Gigabyte motherboard and my computer doesn't go into safe 
> mode with F8.  I don't understand a thing it says in the Gigabyte 
> window.  It has key tags but none say 'safe mode'.
>
> I really don't want to screw around with this anyway.  I have no 
> idea what I'm doing and don't want to *really* screw up something in 
> the bios or boot sector or any of that stuff. That has to be where 
> the bastard virus writing prick put it, because there no way I know 
> of that I copy a full C: image with True Image that was made a week 
> before this crap ever started and it has the same problem.
>
> I could use MS Web browser Explorer 8  to download youtube if I 
> could find a plugin/extension for it that does that.  The most well 
> known program for that, YTD, is malware/spyware ridden piece of 
> crap, so I'm not even considering that. Anyone know of trustworthy 
> one for Explorer 8?
>
> Oh, yeah, there's one other interesting fact involved. My old copy 
> of Stream Transport, which has worked for years, all of a sudden is 
> asking for a password and user name when it comes up. This prick who 
> did this I'd like to meet.  I'll say again, their freak'ng hands 
> should be cutoff whenever they find one of these virus writing, 
> cowardly bastards.  That's exactly what the are. Too cowardly to 
> face up to problems in their real life so they get even in the way 
> all cowards do: abusing and stabbing people in the back.
>
> 'nuff of my ranting. That's what the pricks enjoy. I'm going to have 
> the Geek people or someone in the business do a home visit and fix 
> the problem.  I'm not going to sit around and worry and go nuts with 
> it.  As I said, that's what these virus writing sicko cowards want.
>
> One thing, though.  I really posted in here to find out if anyone 
> else has ever heard of this problem. I doubt if I'm the first.
>
> Thanks for answering.

FF has a safe mode of its own which fires it up without add-on, 
extensions or whatever. It would help to eliminate certain causes and 
narrow it down. I appreciate that you don't want to do anything that 
makes it worse, but is calling the "professionals" really the answer?

BTW, your's is the third one I have noticed in as many days.


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