The firefox icon on my desktop changed to an A over 2 sheets of paper, is this normal, site still works.

I went to open firefox and a message came up and left very fast, I think it said something about corrupted. However, my icon which was the firefox orange fox over the blue globe changed to an A with 2 sheets of paper under it. It hasn't seemed to effect the use of firefox, I can still open and use it, but it has not gone back, it has stayed with the A, is this a problem I should address?

Try this solution in [[/questions/883573]]
* Delete the icon from the dock.
* Create a new icon by dragging the Firefox application to the dock.

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