Firefox crashed and after numerous downloads it sort of limps along but it's nothing like it was.

I was downloading a file using Download Helper and Firefox suddenly crashed. When I tried to get it to run again I got a message saying it could not connect. Restarting the computer and running a virus scan did nothing. I am using Mac OS 10.5.8 and never had a problem with any version of Firefox until now. I have the distinct feeling that the browser had a built in extinction date or something and I just happened to be on when it hit. I would like to keep using Firefox, but I'm not sure that will happen unless someone has some ideas about what went wrong and how to restore things.

If you get a message that Firefox can't access the profile folder then try to trash the current profiles.ini file to force Firefox to create a new default profile.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/profiles.ini_file
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Managing+profiles
Firefox 16 versions work on an Intel Mac with the OS X 10.5 operating system, but that is the last Firefox version that will work with this OS.<br />
Firefox 17 require OS X 10.6 or later, so if you want to continue using Firefox beyond Firefox 16 then you need to update your OS.<br />
You can see the Firefox 17 system requirements here:
*http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0/system-requirements/
*http://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2012/10/04/we-bid-you-adieu-spotted-cat/
Firefox 16.0.2 release:
*http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/16.0.2/mac/

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