The automatic Firefox update to 3.6.13 keeps failing and I think it may be crashing my computer and I am unsure what to do.

I get the notice that there is a new update and if I want to restart Firefox. I click restart and then i get a message that the update fails and it will now download the entire file (?). I allow it to do this and then click restart again but get an error that failed also and to go to Firefox.com and download Firefox from the web site. This happened over the weekend and while I can't be sure it was the cause, my computer crashed and won't shut down and then would not restart. I had to go through a System Restore to get it working again. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Edit: The Help section says it is version 3.6.13, so I am very confused right now although in system info on the right side of this page it says 3.6.12, so who knows which is correct. Thanks for any suggestions.

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