Firefox randomly freezes, uninstall will not work...

When I am on any website at all, Firefox randomly freezes for about 10 seconds. Firefox tints white and program title says (Not Responding).
I've tried scanning Firefox with anti-virus and anti-malware software but its clean. Ive restarted my computer and tried updating and reinstalling Firefox, my problem still persists.
I decided totally uninstalling Firefox then installing an offline setup should fix it but when I try to uninstall the program does nothing. I took this screenshot: http://gyazo.com/8b1986b672f4911370146cbcd3b2b288
I don't know why but that is the only entry that has anything to do with Firefox in my Programs and Features. When I press Uninstall nothing at all happens. The version of firefox I have is the latest 13.0.1 as of June 17, 2012 as shown in this screenshot: http://gyazo.com/ac401e0668a9a1a5fa632d3bd61f8dd7
I want to just delete the Firefox install directory located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox but I don't know if that will delete everything that has to do with Firefox and I want a total removal of the program before I reinstall to ensure my problem is fixed. I have searched all over the internet for my problem to find the answer but did not find anything which is why I'm submitting this. All help and comments are appreciated.

Sometimes an orphaned entry in Programs isn't updated or removed if Firefox updates, but a new entry is added.
If you are comfortable with using the Registry editor then you can remove that entry.
*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Mozilla Firefox

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