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Able to access sites but cannot log in to interact

Jul 22, 2017 8:18PM PDT

Hi All,

After a short period of offline work (no internet and running on battery) I reconnected power and the net, then tried to gain access via webmail to check my mail - when it came up there were no emails showing so I got out of it and ran all my security software (av, anti malware etc) that seemed to fix the problem, however the next day (Saturday) I wanted to check my bank balance but the message from the bank was that it was a system error and this carried on all day, later that evening I thought I would check out something I was interested in on Ebay, I could view the item but wanted to ask the seller a question so I had to log in, this time I put in my username and password pressed log in and was promptly asked to log in again, I tried other sites where logging in was normal (even this site) and was knocked back on every single one.

I have borrowed a mate's laptop to do this message but I cannot see anywhere on my system that is out of the norm, obviously I am missing something, so I am on bended knees hoping someone may be able to give me an idea what I've missed.

Thank You

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Postscript
Jul 22, 2017 8:22PM PDT

I am running Win 8.1 with an I7, 8gb Ram - Duckduckgo is my usual browser through Firefox

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Have you tried
Jul 22, 2017 8:29PM PDT

a different browser like Chrome to see if somethings wonky with Firefox?

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Tried
Jul 22, 2017 8:43PM PDT

IE - but is iffy - sometimes yes other times no

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How about refreshing Firefox
Jul 22, 2017 8:50PM PDT
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Firefox
Jul 22, 2017 9:30PM PDT

You timed your response wonderfully, I was just about to do the same thing when your message arrived - worked brilliantly Thank you