On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 19:45:18 -0700, "Buffalo"
 wrote:

>"Me"  wrote in message news:XnsA421E2B207FB1samnonenet@213.239.209.88...
>>
>>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.
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>>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?
>
>If you have Blur or Do Not Track Me as an extension in FF, that may well do 
>it.
>Open FF and left click on the three horizontal bars on the top right ( Open 
>Menu) and then select Add-ons and then select Extensions and take a look.
>Start FF in its SafeMode
>Start the same way as above with the three horizontal lines, and down near 
>the bottom right of the box that opens, select the ? (Help) and then select 
>Restart with Add-ons disabled. (This is basically Safe Mode for FF)
>It will return to Normal Mode when you restart FF later.

You solved it.  When I disabled the TrackMeNot extension, my you tube
came back to life.

It wasn't necessary to go into any other mode.  I disabled it in 
Windows through the Mozilla Tools-add-ons menu.

Thanks!
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