SillyDog701

[Castor001]

Hi all.
I'm new to the forum and would first like to say a big hello to everyone!!!.
Been using netscape for years without a hitch, its an excellent browser compared to other certain browsers....
Anyways, its only been in the last week or so, but whenever i try to execute Netscape, a small error message pops up in the top left hand corner of the screen saying :-
"TRYING TO LOAD NON-LOCAL URI"
I cannot think for the life of me what this might mean, my main webpage is set as google and after i clear the message everthing works fine.
Its just one of those many annyoing little problems i would rather not be there
So please, if anyone has any ideas i would be most greatfull.
Many thanks !!.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 Firefox/2.0.0.16;MEGAUPLOAD 1.0

[PaulD]

Welcome to the forums, Daniel.

A Google search for your message, [ "trying to load a non-local uri" ] brought up some good hits on the first page. They point to this item; also see the links therein contained.

Your User-Agent shows that you have MegaUpload. How long have you had it, a week or so? Conclusion: That's the problem.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

[James]

Good observation, Paul.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1

[Castor001]

Wow, thanks for the response guys!.
That thought never even occured to me.
I am never using file sharing software again!. Bearshare, Limewire, Megaupload they just all cause problems for me

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; iOpus-I-M; Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) ; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)

[PaulD]

"I am never using file sharing software again!"
- Well: never say 'never'.
There are legitimate uses for the functionality, but one does need to apply discernment. Some are outright malicious, some are only inadvertently mischievous (read: buggy).
Suggestion: Do a web search on the name of whatever software you are considering, and read users' comments and any problem reports.

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