Firefox 4.0+ Users
Firefox 4.0+ Settings
- From the menu bar, click on "Tools."
- From the Tools menu, select "Options."
- In the Options window, select the "Privacy" icon.
- If the "Firefox will" dropdown option is "Never remember history," cookies will be deleted from the browser upon browser close; if user is experiencing trouble with the MFA cookie, you can change the option to "Remember history" so that the cookie remains between sessions.
- If the "Firefox will" dropdown option is "Use customer settings for history," ensure that both the "Accept cookies from sites" and "Accept third-party cookies" boxes are checked (ON) and the "Keep until" dropdown option value is "they expire."
- In the Options window, select the "Content" icon/tab.
- Unclick (OFF) the checkbox for "Block pop-up windows." * Or if you choose to have it checked
(ON), be sure to add your FI's domain to the list of Allowed Sites.
- Click (ON) the checkbox for "Load images automatically."
- Click (ON) the checkbox for "Enable JavaScript."
- In the Options window, select the "Advanced" icon/tab.
- Select the "Encryption" tab.
- Click (ON) the checkbox for "Use SSL 3.0".
- Click (ON) the checkbox for "Use TLS 1.0".
- Click on OK button to close the Options window.
Deleting the Cache: (a.k.a. Temporary Internet Files)
- From the menu bar, click on "Tools."
- From the Tools menu, select "Options."
- In the Options window, select the "Privacy" icon.
- If the "Firefox will" option in the dropdown is "Remember history," click on the "clear your recent history" link in the dialog box; if the "Firefox will" option in the dropdown is "Never remember history," click on the "clear all current history" link in the dialog box.
- In the "Time range to clear" dropdown option, choose "Everything".
- In the "Details" section, expand the selection (if necessary) by clicking on the down button
- Ensure that "Cache" is the only option selected and click "Clear Now".
- Close the "Options" box by clicking "OK".
Deleting Cookies Only:
- From the menu bar, click on "Tools".
- From the Tools menu, select "Options".
- In the Options window, select the "Privacy" icon.
- If the "Firefox will" option in the dropdown is "Remember history," click on the "clear your recent history" link in the dialog box; if the "Firefox will" option in the dropdown is "Never remember history," click on the "clear all current history" link in the dialog box.
- In the "Time range to clear" dropdown option, choose the date range that is most appropriate; please note that this will delete all cookies for the user for the given timeline regardless of site.
- Selecting "Today" should help clear cookies related to a user's session
- Selecting "Everything" will remove all cookies in the browser
- In the "Details" section, expand the selection (if necessary) by clicking on the down button
- Ensure that "Cookies" is the only option selected and click "Clear Now".
- Close the "Options" box by clicking "OK".
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