Clicking on links in Safari does nothing

Running OS 10.8.5 on desk top iMac. Lately, today, have found that clicking ona link in Safari does nothing. Simply stays on the same page I was viewing.

From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences ▹ Extensions
Turn all extensions OFF and test. If the problem is resolved, turn extensions back ON and then disable them one or a few at a time until you find the culprit.
If you wish, you may be able to salvage the errant extension by uninstalling and reinstalling it. Its settings will revert to their defaults. If the extension still causes a problem, remove it permanently or refer to its developer for support.

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That's a bit vague, but you may have installed the "VSearch" trojan. Remove it as follows.
Malware is always changing to get around the defenses against it. These instructions are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
Back up all data before proceeding.
Step 1
From the Safari menu bar, select
          Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
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/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist
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Repeat with each of these lines:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.daemon.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.helper.plist
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/Library/Application Support/VSearch
/System/Library/Frameworks/VSearch.framework
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ConduitNPAPIPlugin.plugin
Some of these items may be absent, in which case you'll get a message that the file can't be found. Skip that item and go on to the next one.
The problem may have started when you downloaded and ran an application called "MPlayerX." That's the name of a legitimate free movie player, but the name is also used fraudulently to distribute VSearch. If there is an item with that name in the Applications folder, delete it, and if you wish, replace it with the genuine article from mplayerx.org.
This trojan is often found on illegal websites that traffic in pirated content such as movies. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow. Never install any software that you downloaded from a bittorrent, or that was downloaded by someone else from an unknown source.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
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*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
          Go ▹ Go to Folder...
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I normally put the computer to sleep. This time, with your help, I restarted it. It now works like a charm.
Thank you very much.
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I click on links on Facebook Fox News among others and nothing happens, When will this get fixed?
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== About 2 months ago.

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HI. I am on Jdev 11g R3 (11.1.2.3)
I developed an application that is deployed into ADF jar file
In other application I include this jar into application and drag and drop the task-flow from the jar into the page.
I have a button in the view in the task flow that does something.
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But If I deploy it into Glassfish 3.1 when I click on the button nothing happens. I mean - NOTHING!!!. Application is working, but doing nothing.
It looks like the backing bean and the method binded to the button completely ignored
<af:commandToolbarButton shortDesc="Edit" id="ctb2"
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                                                                                     action="#{backingBeanScope.news_details.editNews}">
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                                                                                        to="#{pageFlowScope.EntryId}"
                                                                                        type="action"/>
                                                                <af:setPropertyListener from="#{news.Status}"
                                                                                        to="#{pageFlowScope.Status}"
                                                                                        type="action"/>
                                                            </af:commandToolbarButton>
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[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.498-0500|WARNING|glassfish3.1.2|org.apache.catalina.connector.Request|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;|PWC4011: Unable to set request character encoding to UTF-8 from context /NamPortalApp3, because request parameters have already been read, or ServletRequest.getReader() has already been called|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.500-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3456] (oracle.adf.model.bc4j.DataControlFactoryImpl.SyncMode = Immediate|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.500-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3457] (oracle.adf.model.bc4j.DataControlFactoryImpl.SyncMode = Immediate|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.500-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3458] (oracle.adf.model.bc4j.DataControlFactoryImpl.SyncMode = Immediate|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.500-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3459] (oracle.adf.model.bc4j.DataControlFactoryImpl.SyncMode = Immediate|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.500-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3460] (oracle.adf.model.bc4j.DataControlFactoryImpl.SyncMode = Immediate|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.500-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3461] (oracle.adf.model.bc4j.DataControlFactoryImpl.SyncMode = Immediate|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.518-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3462] Process BindingContainer state token(decompressed state):BCST:=0%V%=N%R=0%ptb1=BCST:=0%V%=N,%R=0%newsdetailsflow1=BCST:=0%V%=N%R=1%teva_oracle_xx_adf_namportal_news_view_pageDefs_newsDetailsPageDef_WEB_INF_news_details_flow_xml_news_details_flow=BCST:=0%V%=NNamNewsVO1Iterator=-N-,NamCustomerDummyVO1Iterator=-D-,NamNewsLookupStatusVO1Iterator=-D-,NamNewsLookupImportLevelVO1Iterator=-D-,%R=2%SearchDetailsQuery=BCST:=0;#;eAF1Uj1vE0EQHScESCKQFScRNDQUEc3dDzBCOn8pJ85ngx0ruhRhfTdO1uzeHnt7zoUCCRqEREED
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[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.519-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3463] variableIterator variables activated <<< [U]:TrackQueryPerformed-null|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.519-0500|CONFIG|glassfish3.1.2|oracle.jbo.common.ADFLoggerDiagnosticImpl|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;|Refreshing binding container|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.519-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3464] **** refreshControl() for BindingContainer :teva_oracle_xx_adf_namportal_view_EditViewNewsPageDef|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.519-0500|CONFIG|glassfish3.1.2|oracle.jbo.common.ADFLoggerDiagnosticImpl|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;|Refreshing binding container|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.519-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3465] **** refreshControl() for BindingContainer :ptb1|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.519-0500|CONFIG|glassfish3.1.2|oracle.jbo.common.ADFLoggerDiagnosticImpl|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;|Refreshing binding container|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.519-0500|CONFIG|glassfish3.1.2|oracle.jbo.common.ADFLoggerDiagnosticImpl|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;|Refreshing binding container|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.519-0500|FINEST|glassfish3.1.2|null|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;ClassName=null;MethodName=null;|[3466] **** refreshControl() for BindingContainer :teva_oracle_xx_adf_namportal_news_view_pageDefs_newsDetailsPageDef_WEB_INF_news_details_flow_xml_news_details_flow|#]
[#|2013-12-01T08:21:33.520-0500|CONFIG|glassfish3.1.2|oracle.jbo.common.ADFLoggerDiagnosticImpl|_ThreadID=116;_ThreadName=Thread-2;|Refreshing binding container|#]
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EXfbP75+OtwIi1oNt5boQyWliv+oFOAXN979+vb2dbgK2zXYaXUetp3+seu3OsfOwHE9p+Y1a3Bz
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Please advice

Hi,
the information in the log is not worrying as it prints the data control and data bindings refresh cycle. This appear to be okay and is printed because you set log level to finest. What I suggest you try is to set the action property to a fixed value that matches a navigation case in the same task flow. If this works, then the next step is to look at the managed bean (adding print statements in the bean to get an idea of what gets executed and what doesn't) . This helps you narrowing the error surface
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You can't make an assumption like that based on no posted URL or code.
you can if you have enough experience of what silly things people can do. At Hackers society we always look at the code to see bugs to exploit.
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