Firefox Will Not Open Any Websites

Well, no one seems to be able to address this. My Explorer is working fine, but after updating my Firefox, it's as dead as a door nail.
You know, I first started using Firefox because Explorer just wasn't stable. And for awhile, Firefox was the answer to my problems. But then it began adding search bars and other crap, and the next thing I knew, Firefox began shutting down and then starting back up with an "Ooops, this is embarrassing!" message.
For computer users, stability (not features) is everything. I know Mozilla has to add on all these crappy search functions to put meat on the table, but Google is still the best. I just reinstalled Firefox with no improvement. I wish they had a "roll back" feature so we could go back to the previous version.
Now I'm trying to post this message and am getting an error message saying, "You must specify a post subject!" And guess what? There's no place that will accept a post subject!
Very strange....
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Updated ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; GTB6.5; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; AskTbWBR/5.8.0.12304)

'''''"after updating my Firefox, it's as dead as a door nail"'''''
Your firewall is probably not recognizing the new version and is blocking its connection. Clear all references to Firefox from your firewall's program list, let the firewall re-detect the new Firefox version, and give it the proper permissions to connect. See:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cannot+connect+after+upgrading+Firefox
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firewalls
'''''"it began adding search bars and other crap"'''''
The toolbars/search tools are probably piggy-backing on other things you are downloading and installing on your system. This most frequently happens when downloading "free" software; nothing is really "free", is it. Before downloading, carefully read everything and notice any mention of a toolbar or search engine. During the installation, look for an opt-out to check or un-check for the "extras". I have attached a couple of examples in the lower left corner of my post (from ClamWin Free Anti-virus and Foxit Reader).
'''''"You must specify a post subject!"'''''
See the image in the lower left corner of my post, "ForumReplySubject.png"

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