How do I stop my cursor from flashing the hour glass every 10 seconds?

My pointer ( cursor) flashes the hour glass symbol every 10 seconds ever since I downloaded an upgrade to Firefox
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I downloaded a Firefox upgrade.

You have '''caret browsing''' enabled - that preference appears as set in your Troubleshooting Information.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility.browsewithcaret
Hit the '''F7''' key to disable '''''caret browsing'''''.

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== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
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You have '''caret browsing''' enabled - that preference appears as set in your Troubleshooting Information.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility.browsewithcaret
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