Firefox will not update plugins labeled in red as "potentially vulnerable plugins". Need help.

Firefox will not update three plugins appearing below the
statement in red : " vulnerable plugins". I tried three times, and
all I got was other pages with lots of ads. I need help. Thanks.

Some plugins may need to be removed using the Control Panel, or Windows Explorer, because they are managed by other software or dropped in nonstandard folders. Can you list the three plugins so people can give specific advice on them?
For the RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin you might need to update RealPlayer or use its options dialog to turn off the recording/downloading feature in order to remove this one.

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*Firefox 30.0: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
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*Install the new version that you have downloaded
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Mac
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

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Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
8.0.1
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
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ID
ColorZilla
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{6AC85730-7D0F-4de0-B3FA-21142DD85326}
Firebug
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[email protected]
Html Validator
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Web Developer
1.1.9
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YSlow
3.1.0
true
[email protected]
AVG Safe Search
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false
{1E73965B-8B48-48be-9C8D-68B920ABC1C4}
AVG Security Toolbar
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false
avg@toolbar
Java Console
6.0.29
false
{CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-0029-ABCDEFFEDCBA}
RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin
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3
browser.startup.homepage
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browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
20120614114901
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
13.0.1
extensions.lastAppVersion
8.0.1
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
places.database.lastMaintenance
1340965061
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
128825
privacy.donottrackheader.enabled
true
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
security.enable_java
false
Graphics
Adapter Description
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Vendor ID
10de
Device ID
0391
Adapter RAM
256
Adapter Drivers
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5-14-2009
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000e
Device ID (GPU #2)
000e
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Unknown
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Unknown
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7.1.542.0
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5-22-2006
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DirectWrite Enabled
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ClearType Parameters
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