New Panda install messes with my Firefox browser

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New Panda install messes with my Firefox browser

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I just installed Panda Antivirus Free for the first time ever on a Windows XP netbook. The install went fine, but when I opened firefox and loaded gmail, the fonts are all jagged and ugly, when they were always smooth and normal before I installed Panda.

What does Panda do to the browser as part of the installation, and how can I fix this or undo the change that was made to the browser settings or system settings?

I have been told that Panda may have turned off javascript or other types of display features in firefox as part of the internet security measures. I don't know if this is true, but it seems like a logical assumption. I do know that there is a *clear* change since Panda got installed.

Please help.
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Re: New Panda install messes with my Firefox browser

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can you try another web browser, and check if same problem arises?
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Re: New Panda install messes with my Firefox browser

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Other browsers were worse/just as bad from the beginning. There are not many browsers that still support XP.

I did find a setting in firefox that puts it back to the previous display, but I don't know if this was changed by Panda or if it just is a workaround for the original alteration.

Does Panda make changes inside firefox as part of the install?

The setting that was off is in about:config and was

gfx.font_rendering.cleartype.always_use_for_content . Changing this to true made the characters display correctly (as before Panda). Could Panda have done this directly or changed another setting that indirectly changed this? I *definitely* did not touch this myself.
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Re: New Panda install messes with my Firefox browser

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Do not quite believe panda will change your browser settings.
Free version is the least agressive product you could install.

My suggestion would be to change your operating system to a one from this century, and if not allowed, use a more powerfull version for our antivirus as XP is a black hole for vulnerabilities and malware.
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