After uninstall, reinstall, and reset, I cannot get Firefox back to defaults. How can I?

I successfully uninstalled Firefox. Then I reinstalled it. All the presets and addons were STILL there. Then I tried a reset. That only cleared my homepage, but all the addons and plugins are there. I want this to be back to default. How can i do that?

''Gnospen [[#answer-692497|said]]''
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How do you want it to be and why?
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I guess I'll have to repeat myself for the third time. I want firefox to be back to the default.
''Gnospen [[#answer-692497|said]]''
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remember we are just users not employees at mozilla so take out you frustration some other way.
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I completely understand your are not an employee. I'm not angry because the program doesn't work. I'm upset because contributors don't take the time to read my post before making suggestions that I've already tried.
To reiterate, I want Firefox to be back to defaults. Obviously there is a malware/spyware/virus problem. How do i get back to the defaults? I found and read all the Mozilla support posts about "resetting," and as I said, that does not work. So... (understanding my situation) how do I get back to the firefox defaults?

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