Firefox opens last website after closing not my homepage

Firefox 4 opens the last site I was on instead of my homepage.

That was my first port of call.
The Startup is set to "My Home Page"
which is "http://uk.yahoo.com/"
but that doesn't happen. Even tried to set to "Show a blank page" still shows ;last page I was on.
Works fine on another machine running firefox 3.6.8

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See "Hang at exit":
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
* [[Firefox hangs]]

FireFox remembering last website state, even after restarting, clearing history, cookies,cache etc. No other does this (IE,Chrome,Opera...)

On the website, after 3-4 login attempts and an error message appears. You cannot retry unless you exit out of the browser(s) completely.
I closed all FireFox browsers, opened a new browser and cleared Recent History will all checked. Closed the browser and restarted the browser again. Going to the website, the error message page is displayed and not the login page.
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It sounds like FireFox is keeping something around (even after clearing everything out) and the website is remembering you in some way.

-> Tap '''ALT''' key or press '''F10''' to show the Menu Bar
-> go to Help Menu -> select '''Restart with Add-ons Disabled'''
Firefox will close then it will open up with just basic Firefox. Now do this:
-> go to View Menu -> Toolbars -> unselect All Unwanted/Incompatible Toolbars
-> go to Tools Menu -> Clear Recent History -> '''Time range to clear: select "EVERYTHING"''' -> click Details (small arrow) button -> place Checkmarks on ALL Options -> click '''Clear Now'''
-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> General -> '''When Firefox starts : select "Show My Home Page"''' and click '''Reset to Default''' button
-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Privacy -> History section -> '''Firefox will: select "Remember History"'''
-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Security -> place Checkmarks on:
1) Warn me when sites try to install add-ons 2) Block reported attack sites 3) Block reported web forgeries
-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Remove Checkmark from '''Warn me when websites try to redirect or reload the page'''
-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Offline Storage (Cache): click '''Clear Now''' button
-> Click OK on Options window
-> go to Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> Extensions section -> REMOVE All Unwanted/Suspicious/Incompatible Extensions (Add-ons)
-> go to Tools Menu -> Add-ons -> Appearance section -> REMOVE All Unwanted/Suspicious/Incompatible Themes (Persona)
-> Restart Firefox
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Why does Firefox keep me logged into websites after closing and reopening the browser?

As of today, Firefox has been behaving differently. Namely, when I close Firefox and reopen, I am still logged in to email and other sites. I have all of my privacy settings checked, such as clear history, offline data, form history, etc etc so that they all will be deleted upon closing but this has no effect. Can someone provide insight as to why this is happening and how I can correct it? Before today, after closing and reopening the browser I was required to log in to any sites requiring UN and PW.
I have rechecked all history deletion options to make sure all the appropriate ones were selected. Yesterday, I noticed inbox.com and a program called 24x7 Help were installed on the computer, without my knowledge. I promptly uninstalled them,but I'm not sure if they could somehow be responsible for the odd behavior.

Such a behavior indicates that you keep the cookie(s) that verify that you are logged on to a web server.
Are you using session restore to open those tabs automatically?
* Tools > Options > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
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You can change the browser.sessionstore.privacy_level_deferred pref that is used when you do not reopen the previous session automatically via "Show my windows and tabs from last time".
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.privacy_level
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

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i used to get the open sites when i relaunch safari safari, but now i am not able to get the open sites after closing safari, please advice
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Have you checked safari preferences to see what they're set to?

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Unfortunately I can't narrow down the problem very much. Firefox just stops loading websites after a while without any obvious reasons - while Chrome or IE work, so it's not a connection problem AND I have it on at least 2 PCs. This is my environment:
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Example: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/deskto/other?search=can%27t+load+websites+after+while#summarize-question

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%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
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See "Hang at exit":
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
* [[Firefox hangs]]

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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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PLEASE HELP I never had issues with this browser which I use almost exclusively. Now over the past week, I am having nothing but.
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But yesterday those vanished, and I use them too much and I don't know what happened.
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How would that happen, if so, and how to I guard against it?
I DO NOT let this save passwords. I don't let any browser do that.
Last, my email on my phone worked just fine until Friday morning, the last time it synched.
Now I can't get emails on my phone because it says "password changed" -- what the f****? I didn't change anything, I am getting my emails on my notebook just fine, I have a pin on my phone so I can't fathom what is happening. This NEVER happened with my windows phone. I put in the password, and that was that. No issues.
That strays from Firefox, but it is an overall cause of problems of changes etc. that are making me very concerned. Yes I have macafee security.
LAST if someone had remote access, such as a tech with a company, and you end the access can the remote access ON THEIR END be re-connected?
THANK YOU SO MUCH in advance for help with firefox issue, and any insight on the others.
Gina

Hey Gina,
Change all your passwords, this will stop the remote access if there are any. Also check to make sure there are no third party apps managing your passwords. Also please contact the tech support for the phone for more technical help on that issue :-)
I also understand that the customization is not staying. [[Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars]]
Did this happen when you synced last? Also are there more than one device with different Customized ui settings?
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Firefox opens last website after closing not my homepage

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