help most web pages are whacked! update - solved by disabling adblock???

[Kali]

Last edited Wed Dec 12, 2018, 11:21 PM - Edit history (1)

started this morning, have tried restarting, got some updates and restarted again. pages have only text like when things load really slow, but are actually loading ok. sites seem mostly functional just no images and the text is all basic and on the left of the screen.

can't load a screen shot I took to imgur - gives me an error code of "server responded with 0 code" WTF?

the only site that seems to work correctly is NOAA??? https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-110.10521&lat=32.02294#.VOtnSS7-UcY

is this a Firefox problem? I have windows 7 pro and not sure what firefox version (need refresher to find that info?)

[mr_lebowski]

1. Obvious first step is to try another browser, W7 comes with IE ...

Could also try Chrome.

Let us know if same thing happens. Betting it doesn't.

If you are attached to FF and only that browser has the issue, then I'd grab the latest version from Mozilla and install it (just install over your current copy so you don't risk losing bookmarks and such).

[Kali]

2. I don't have chrome

will try reacquiring firefox. how strange this is!

[Kali]

6. IE seems to work.

still loading FF

[mr_lebowski]

9. If reinstalling FF doesn't fix, try this:

Last edited Wed Dec 12, 2018, 08:47 PM - Edit history (2)

Put this in browser bar:

about:preferences#privacy

then click 'clear data' under Cookies and Site data
In Popup Window, Uncheck "Cookies and Site Data", leaving "Cached Web Content" checked.
Then proceed to clear.

[mr_lebowski]

11. I updated my above note ... previous version used old pathway

[Kali]

12. tried it, no change

this is very strange. it is almost like I somehow inadvertently clicked some setting that I can not find or get back to, but what could it be? I have been checking and unchecking everything in those settings that sounded remotely like display or whatever, but nothing changes.

[mr_lebowski]

14. Next step is ... do you have any add-ons?

Disable them one by one and recheck ...

Here's some other helpful tips ...

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/websites-look-wrong-or-appear-differently

[Kali]

15. all I have is adblock...

and that worked! WTF? it was last updated on the 3rd, but I had no problems until this morning. wow, thanks!

[byronius]

3. 'server responded with 0 code' means your server has a file size limit.

Either that or your requests are timing out.

server responded with 0 code problem

The text problem (complex websites loading only text) is usually a problem with your ISP or web connection -- reboot your modem and router. Sometimes it's a problem with the website, but if it's every website it's either your modem or ISP.

[Kali]

4. seems to work in IE??

I just got Internet Explorer opened and running and DU seems fine but things are slow to load, for sure. images and videos are showing, though. will try rebooting the router in a bit. but kind of looks like it was something to do with firefox?

[Kali]

5. hmmm

when I went to your link I got this:

About this page

Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. This page checks to see if it's really you sending the requests, and not a robot. Why did this happen?

IP address: 173.244.36.22
Time: 2018-12-12T22:25:45Z
URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=server+responded+with+0+code&oq=server+responded+with+0+code&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1155j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[byronius]

7. That's odd.

I just searched Google for results based on 'server responded with a zero code', popped up with ten relevant hits, especially Stack Overflow, a place that has solved a lot of problems for me. That was the link, the google search page. When I click it now that's exactly what I get.

I wonder if you haven't been hacked, and something is sucking up all your bandwidth. Don't forget about the big Russian router hack everyone warned about a few months ago. Reboot solves it, as I recall.

[Kali]

8. It had a capcha test or whatever you call it and after I did it, I got the google search results.

maybe it was a thing because I just started the new browser, don't think I ever opened it on this computer??? IE seems to be working but Firefox has not been fixed by a new version (if it even loaded - I can't tell what the hell is going on now!)

I was able to upload the image that wouldn't work in FF -

[byronius]

10. I've had that problem before, always seemed to fix itself after awhile.

I always thought it was a server-based problem, but maybe it's a speed issue with yours, not sure.

Reboot that modem and router. And try Chrome -- substantially more stable. Firefox is good for anonymity, but Chrome's got the goods.

And if you haven't run a virus check lately -- now's the time.

[Kali]

13. nothing seems to be working

sure is strange! I will use IE for now, not ready to deal with another browser. thanks for trying!

[Kali]

16. looks like it was adblock

see above, disabling that seems to have fixed the problem. strange, no idea why that would suddenly start ruining most web pages.

[byronius]

17. Yay! Could have just been the wrong version or a corrupted file.