Firefox Frozen- Can't do ANYTHING. Can't Disable Addons etc

Hello, I took your advice, I have uninstalled, ReInstalled, I RESET Firefox through the HELP Menu- and that did not seem to help or do anything. When I start up Firefox- Sometimes I will be able to cllick and open a COUPLE 2-5 web links, then it freezes, and others I can't click any links before it Freezes. It appears to let me move ok on Craigslist, but not many other Pages- if I go to Yahoo it freezes instantly, same w/ G4 etc.
PLEASE HELP- I miss Firefox, and IE is not what I want to use. Can someone there link into my PC and take a look at it with me? I work as a Help Desk Rep so I will be able to follow along with any thing you need me to do. I'll be free almost any day/ime this week, but the sooner the better. You can reach me at: [email protected] or call me at 571-244-6734
Please help- Thank you, Hope to hear back from you soon.
Danny K

Hi,
If you have security software (antivirus, firewall etc.) installed, you can try deleting all existing instances of Firefox and its related processes/files in all the different configuration modules/areas of the security software like process monitoring, sub/spawned process control, virtualization etc., in addition to the security software's main configuration panel. Instead create new fully allowed/trusted rules for Firefox + its related processes in all the different modules/panels. Even otherwise, some security software may also ask again when Firefox and/or its sub processes are started, and you may be able to allow/trust at that time. Please see [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Firewalls this].
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls AV/Firewalls Configuration]
You can also try to check by temporarily disabling any security software, [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Turn-Windows-Firewall-on-or-off turn on the Windows firewall] and browse known safe sites.

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