Touchpad making Firefox go "back", no matter what I do

I'll be in the middle of typing an important post, my hands somehow trigger the touchpad, and Firefox will go back a page, if not two or three, and I lose my post.
I've gone into about:config and removed many of the shortcuts. I've also got palmcheck all the way up on my touchpad and sensitivity about as low as possible.
What else can I do? I normally disable the touchpad and use a mouse, but if I forget, I can lose a post. I like the touchpad just fine. I do not like that it goes "back" in Firefox. I don't get why it's still doing this, despite my messing with the about:config.
I still have the two-finger vertical scrolling turned on, but I don't know why that would cause me to go "back".

This is fantastic! Already tested it out, and it works great. Thanks so much!
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