Steps to stop the nag page from displaying.
1. Close Firefox.
2. In your Firefox profile folder, find the file called wizzrss.jar - On a Windows PC you’ll find wizzrss.jar in C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<some funny number>.default\extensions\{D5EDC062-A372-4936-B782-BD611DD18D86}\chrome
3. Rename wizzrss.jar to wizzrss.zip
4. Unzip wizzrss.zip
5. Look for a file named toolbar.js
6. Open toolbar.js using a text editor and comment out the line that reads setTimeout(”checkUpdates()”, 30000); i.e. Change as follows: -
if (Date.parse(today) != readPref(”WizzRSSLastCheck”, “0″, 1)) {
writePref(”WizzRSSLastCheck”, Date.parse(today), 1);
//setTimeout(”checkUpdates()”, 30000);
}
7. Save the changes to toolbar.js
8. Re-zip everything and rename the resulting .zip to .jar
9. Restart Firefox.
December 18th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Thanks Mike. Just installed the patch on the wife’s laptop. I won’t have to answer the “what is this” question anymore.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
It worked on XP. On Win Vista it worked as well only thing is that the location of wizzrss.jar is a different. In my case it could be found on: C:\Users\ME\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\lvgxs04i.default\extensions\{D5EDC062-A372-4936-B782-BD611DD18D86}\chrome\
Thanks
February 18th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
I am soooo annoyed by this continually coming up in my Firefox browser. I’ve followed your instructions Mac OSX4.11. They do NOT work. I’ve NEVER used your RSS and do not intend to. Please, please help me to rid myself of this annoyance.
February 18th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
@Roonie: You must have used the Wizz RSS add-on, otherwise the page would not be displaying. Uninstall it and the page will stop displaying. If you don’t know how to uninstall a Firefox add-on, please see the Wizz RSS online help.
March 1st, 2010 at 7:33 am
I have tried 4 times to donate for WIZZ (which I love), and each time Paypal hangs or tells me to use a different credit card (which I also tried) or erases what I entered. So either nothing will end up donated or 4 times what I entered will be donated. In either case, maybe you can do something about what is happening there. I absolutely hate Paypal. I never have this problem with any other payment and I almost always have a problem with Paypal.
Sheila
March 1st, 2010 at 8:53 am
@Sheila: Errrrmmmm… Sorry, but there isn’t anything I can do about PayPal (I wish I could). I haven’t received any notifications of payments made by you, so don’t worry about having made 4 donations.
March 19th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
I’ve try you patch many times on my firefox portable. Everything is fine except the fact that the WizzRSS button on the toolbar wouldnt work any more.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Errrrmmmmmm… Are you sure that you repacked the .jar file correctly? I’m using exactly the same patch and all the buttons work just fine. Unless it’s some funny with portable Firefox.
March 21st, 2010 at 6:09 am
Mike,
Paypal finally accepted one of my credit cards and I did make a donation (Receipt Number: 0318-7408-2219-8758) 2 days ago, but I haven’t gotten the nag free version from you yet. Please send it…
Sheila
March 21st, 2010 at 8:59 am
@Sheila: You download the nag free version here: - http://www.wizzrss.com/dlnn.php
Supply the same email address you used to make the donation.