"Downloading the latest applications" appears in Firefox, but doesn't stop or disappear.

== Issue
==
I have another kind of problem with Firefox
== Description
==
When I open Mozilla Firefox, there is a blue/white bar with the words "Downloading the latest applications" in it. A dotted circle keeps spinning. Nothing stops or disappears and there is no listing of what applications are being downloaded. How do I stop this?
This started this week. The only thing that I did differently before this start was to add a router to my modem and connect them to my computer and laptop.
== This happened
==
Every time Firefox opened
== This week
==
== Troubleshooting information
==
Tried this site.
== Firefox version
==
3.6.3
== Operating system
==
Windows XP
== User Agent
==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3
== Plugins installed
==
*-MSN® Toolbar
*Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
*npmnqmp 989898989877
*getplusplusadobe16263
*Zylom Plugin
*RealArcade_NPAPI_Plugin
*Oberon MyGames Plugin
*Coupons, Inc. Coupon Printer Plugin
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape
*Default Plug-in
*NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
*The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
*ActiveTouch General Plugin Container Version 103
*Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5
*4.0.50524.0
*Google Update
*Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsers

The spinning stopped after running my SuperAntispyware...but started up again when I tried to update my extensions on Firefox.
I think that the problem might be with Adobe and Shockwave. I tried to find updates for my plug-ins and extensions for those programs when prompted by Mozilla Firefox. However, the site I was sent to from Firefox concerning Adobe and Shockwave updates, wasn't helpful.
I tried installing, but it didn't work. I was prompted to look for instructions on Adobe by clicking on a link that didn't even lead me to anything regarding Mozilla Firefox. Finally, I clicked on the "still having problems" link, or something similar to that. It stored a file under "Downloads," which I opened and installed.
I was given the message that the installation was successful, but Mozilla Firefox still showed that my Adobe and Shockwave needed to be updated.
Anyone have any experience with installing Adobe and Shockwave with Mozilla Firefox?

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