I have a clear screen on firefox on startup. My desktop is completely visible thru Firefox screen.

Looking back at a possible cause. 1 or2 x's a script error would appear but I hit continue I'm sure. When the problem arose the screen was showing my yahoo email account. When I ret'd 3 or so hrs. later, I had a clear foggy screen on my pc with a thin border on the edge. Surprise I could barely make out what some of my desktop icons are. After rebooting twice, I shut down the pc completely for periods of 2 minutes. At which time on start the firefox screen would hold for about 8-10seconds than back to foggy clear.

hello oldeberwyn, [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/940393#answer-377118 from another user] we found out that this might be related to malware active on your pc. please close all firefox windows and try [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|running firefox in safemode]] (by pressing the shift key while you're starting it). in firefox safemode go to firefox > addons > extensions and remove the entry named "Codec v1.0" or any other addons that look suspicious & you have not installed intentionally. afterwards see if you can run firefox normally again...
please also do an in-depth scan of your system with the security software already in place and/or a different tool like the [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free free version of malwarebytes] & keep firefox and your plugins up-to-date in order to stay safe on the web.
[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]]
[[Update Firefox to the latest version]]
https://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck/

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