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Latest Firefox Browser Extended Support Release 115.33.0esr (64-bit) for Windows 7

strumnfish — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:28:49 GMT

To Whom It May Concern at Mozilla:

My Dell PC was functioning perfectly before the release of this latest Firefox version. What I am seeing is the following:

When I get into certain websites...not all websites..., after successfully launching these sites, I find that I cannot further dive into the products they may be offering for sale. I get a "Denied Access" error code. Examples of these sites include Home Depot, Lowe's, BJ's Warehouse, and certainly many others that I have not tried as yet. None of these errors occurred with the previous versions of Firefox for Windows 7.

Additionally, when I open my Google email account on this PC, I get a warning that this 'browser version is not up to date....please update your browser'. However, after checking the Firefox version, it IS up to date !!

I don't know what is going on, but I suspect there is a glitch in the newest Firefox version listed above for PC's running Windows 7. Also, my computer requirements MORE than meet the minimums necessary to run this version of Firefox.

PLEASE look into this, and recommend any setting changes that I might try that will fix these issues, and also look into YOUR version for associated problems.

I cannot be the only person who has experienced these issues.....

Re: Latest Firefox Browser Extended Support Release 115.33.0esr (64-bit) for Windows 7

strumnfish — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:00:37 GMT

In the case of Lowe's, here is what I get when I try to locate a product within the website:

Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://www.lowes.com/search?" on this server.

Reference #18.79419b8.1773579556.2583dc3a

https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.79419b8.1773579556.2583dc3a

Re: Latest Firefox Browser Extended Support Release 115.33.0esr (64-bit) for Windows 7

mikedacajun — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:15:56 GMT

I have the same issue with multiple sites from Sams wholesale, Lowes and Home Depot. There is nothing being done on Firefox side to remedy this for us. So I guess we should all switch to browsers that work like chrome. So sad, I have been a loyal user for many years.

Re: Latest Firefox Browser Extended Support Release 115.33.0esr (64-bit) for Windows 7

mikedacajun — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:16:53 GMT

At Lowes I get this error

Reference #18.9897c017.1773594991.7136e0b

https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.9897c017.1773594991.7136e0b

Re: Latest Firefox Browser Extended Support Release 115.33.0esr (64-bit) for Windows 7

Remoteworx — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:29:30 GMT

I have experienced so much cloudflare servers blocks, and on e when filing state material was sent to a 22 yr dormant program, the local office stated, and delayed benefits 3+ weeks bcz of cloudflare re-Directs shown as processing Web IP address !

Re: Latest Firefox Browser Extended Support Release 115.33.0esr (64-bit) for Windows 7

Agentvirtuel — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:53:41 GMT

Hello

@strumnfish wrote:
when I open my Google email account on this PC, I get a warning that this 'browser version is not up to date....please update your browser'. However, after checking the Firefox version, it IS up to date !!

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/firefox-labs/thank-you-for-your-win7-support/td-p/120001

As far as i'm concerned, i installed, Linux, in dual-boot with Windows7

Cette version du navigateur est compatible

Re: Latest Firefox Browser Extended Support Release 115.33.0esr (64-bit) for Windows 7

adaviel — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:14:45 GMT

I have an actual answer from the Akamai community:

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Based on the Reference Error: #18.d00e2017.1774501997.9b9fca73

The request matching the error page was denied by Akamai Bot Manager on www.airindia.com / with BOT: UNKNOWN BOTS (SCRAPER ANOMALY), Bot Score: 72, and Response Segment: Aggressive Response. In Akamai’s model, Aggressive Response is the highest bot-score bucket, where stronger actions such as Deny can be applied, which is why the request returned HTTP 403.

The WSA report shows the following triggers:

3903002 - Outdated Browser Version Anomaly (36+ months)
3903009 - Comes from Linux Systems

This indicates that the request was evaluated based on browser fingerprinting and request characteristics, and not solely on IP reputation.

Why some Firefox versions work and others do not:

This behavior is consistent with how Bot Manager evaluates requests. Different Firefox versions can produce different request signatures such as user-agent and browser fingerprint characteristics.

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As I understand, each Akamai customer (website operator) has their own controls and dashboard, so you won't get the same errors for every website or browser version.