Need help from computer genius

[Jason Adams]

Ok I got a weird error and Google searches are not returning any results.

On some sites NOT ALL my input text fields change to foreign characters when I type. Again, this does not happen all the time just on some sites. here is what happened when I typed my name "Jason Adams" into a login field.

The strange thing is, it let me log in. It seems that it is just the DISPLAY of characters. This only happens on a few sites. Like actionmethod.com and mac.com.

It gets stranger. When I tried to reply to YouTube mail; YouTube places the senders name in the send-to box automatically. And this is what it did.

That one I did not even type. It was Auto filled by YouTube.

I am running Firefox on a PC. I have tried FF 3.0.4 and the New 3.1 Beta and it is the same.

Any Ideas?

 

[Ted Arabian]

Maybe you should just change your name! :grin: How would you even pronounce that anyway???

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um, sorry. I wish I could help. Mac user here using FF and have never encountered that.

good luck!

 

[ugafan]

have you cleared your private data? what font and language do you have your browser set to?

 

[pfista]

Well the closest thing like this that has ever happened to me was a spyware/virus type of thing. I would try searching your computer first for all of that kind of thing, do some scans. If that doesn't fix it try using a different browser to see if it is firefoxs fault or not (try google chrome). If it happens across different browsers then I'm not really sure what it could be.

 

[Hawk Teflon]

Is it only online? Have you tried Word or Excel or anything?

 

[TwistedLincoln]

Well the closest thing like this that has ever happened to me was a spyware/virus type of thing.

Yep, that was my thought as well. That's what you get for running Windows instead of GNU/Linux...

 

[mjjason]

If you are using IE look at View->encoding when you are on different sites. If it changes than that is the likely cause of the problem. Why it changes I am not sure.

 

[Tom Marshall]

This page *might* help -

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=705615&start=30&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

 

[Jason Adams]

HA HA Success. Thanks Tom and everyone. That link on the Mozilla forums did not answer the question directly, but it did get me thinking about the problem in a different way. FONTS. As it turns out my default version of Helvetica was from a different language set. Any site that wanted Helvetica would give me this problem.

I deleted weird Helvetica and all is well. Thanks Everyone.

 

[Capt Quirk]

FONTS. As it turns out my default version of Helvetica was from a different language set. Any site that wanted Helvetica would give me this problem.

I deleted weird Helvetica and all is well. Thanks Everyone.

You think that is bad? I have a 3D app that decided it liked a Klingon font, so it used that for all the system messages and menus. Same result as what you experienced.