Firefox 7, on Windows 7. It's suddenly stopped all downloads, picture saves etc. I uninstalled it, and reinstalled it, but it's still the same. Any ideas as to what to do, please?

I've now got Firefox 8 - so could, I guess, try installing that, instead. This problem happened quite suddenly, in the middle of a browsing session. I'm not so happy with the alternatives (Opera,IE and Chrome), and love Firefox, so would like to put this problem right! I'm using an Acer notebook One 722, by the way. Grateful for any help! Thanks! John (a Brit in Poland)

A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Server+not+found
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firewalls
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites

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