Clicking on link from any application opens two Firefox windows

I have Firefox 3.6.3 set as my default browser on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. When I click on a web link from any application (iWeb, Mail, etc.), two Firefox windows open, one to the home page and the other to the link that I have clicked.
I just checked the Mozilla help forums and several people have reported the same thing, but I thought I'd see if anyone in these forums has figured out the solution (or workaround), as it seems as if nobody on the Mozilla boards has the answer...yet.
Thanks.
Attn: Forum Moderator: If this is in the wrong forum, please feel free to move it to the correct place. Thanks!
Message was edited by: Andrew Stivelman

HI Andrew,
Try clearing the cache.
From the Tools menu, select Clear Recent History... .
From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
Click the down arrow next to "Details" to choose what history elements to clear. Click Clear Now.
Relaunch Firefox.
Carolyn

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