Security software is causing Firefox users to lose saved passwords

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Firefox users are reporting that their saved passwords have been lost, with the problem seemingly caused by antivirus software rather than being an issue with Firefox itself. Antivirus software such as Avast and AVG appears to be corrupting the file in which Firefox stores passwords, rendering it unreadable. Thankfully, passwords can be recovered, but -- for the time being --- they will be corrupted again when you restart your computer. See also: Firefox unveils new-look logo and introduces new parent brand Mozilla promises to delete private data collected by Firefox fix and apologizes for add-on outage Mozilla issues new Firefox… [Continue Reading]

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It can be seen that some aspects are not taken into account in the development. Most likely there is the whole problem in the incompatibility of programs. I had a similar situation when I installed software for my lawn care company and after a while some problems appeared.