After getting a malware, my Firefox stopped opening. Is there any way to restore it without losing my passwords, settings, and especially favorite?

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Recently my computer was infected by a malware that deleted some DLLs and damaged Firefox, Opera and Google programs.
The other two browsers I reinstalled without any problems. But Firefox is my primary browser and I'm afraid of losing all my information.
Is there any way to restore it without losing my passwords, settings, and especially favorite?

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