Firefox 3.6.13 crashes on various pages AND makes unauthorized downloads

For the past week or so, Firefox 3.6.13 crashes repeatedly, on different pages, often while we are entering data or performing a transaction. We always submit crash reports, but we never hear from Firefox.
In addition, something in or on Firefox makes continuous unauthorized downloads. Nothing appears in our download files, in Internet Download Manager, or in Task Manager. The only new tabs we have opened lately are NYTimes and HughrsNet news pages.
Since HughesNet limits downloads except 2-6 AM EST, this is a serious problem. We have had to curtail Firefox until this is resolved.

I had the same problem, until I did some research. I uninstalled firefox 3.6.13, and reinstalled firefox 3.6.12. When I did some research, I found that the quicktime plugin had been blocklisted. I disabled the quicktime plugin, updated to firefox 3.6.13, and the problem was gone. My add-on window doesn't freeze up anymore either.

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