perhaps i was too quick to raise a bug report. I found a way to remove the problem.
open a second firefox, then click File, Quit and not saving the tabs. both firefox instances close. in any case, it causes confusion to the users. Without the above method you would need to pay money to get firefox working again. its reproducible, if you go to that website(if your from a Moscow IP address at least) ** Visibility changed to: Private ** Visibility changed to: Public -- Firefox exploit locks the browser - "enter unlock code", costly SMS in Russia" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478738 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs