Firefox hangs after first Google Page Loaded

Firefox recently has starting hanging in Google after the first page of a search is displayed. IE runs fine
I have Firefox 3.6.6.
What is happening? I cannot continue to use a product that doesn't work
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== within last few days

Update
Ok so after uninstalling quicktime then scrubbing the hard drives for any and all associated files/folders and then cleaning the registry, rebooting then reinstalling quicktime it works, but only 60 % of the time (seems as though if you have opened any kind of drop down list or used a diff plugin on that page already the quicktime plugin and firefox hang. If you open the page and use the quicktime plugin before anything else it semms to be ok.
Zsolto Chrome really!!!!! With the amount of information gathered by Google and the things they do with it which are borderline criminal if not criminal why on earth would you use such a program???
There is an open source version out there created by other people that is just as good and doesn't monitor your every move.

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