Firefox won't auto update or manually update, Opendns is blocking sites

Open dns blocks sites such as Victoria's secret and an art studio I want to go to for nudity, lol. I don't remember loading it onto my computer and I don't have admin access to Open dns. So I can't uninstall or unblock sites. Also I get a message that Firefox could not update. I have the latest version of Firefox.

I don't have an administrator, so I don't know who to ask. I contacted OpenDNS and they replied: You have a Netgear router on your network with Live Parental Controls enabled.
Please go to https://netgear.opendns.com/sign_in.php to change your Live Parental Controls settings.
Afterward, flush your web browser caches and DNS resolver caches.
Web Browser Cache Flushing Instructions: http://www.opendns.com/support/article/327
Computer/Local DNS Resolver Cache Flush Instructions: http://www.opendns.com/support/article/209
(Restarting your computer is an alternative to flushing your local DNS resolver caches manually)
I'm going to try and see if that helps.

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refer to
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* http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57432435-92/why-mozilla-believes-firefox-on-windows-rt-is-a-bust/
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''arcandl [[#question-1038482|said]]''
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I'm running Firefox on a Windows 7 machine. Firefox won't open following the latest update. I've read the help articles and it seems like I need to create a new profile because my settings have likely been corrupted. I'm unable to open Profile Mgr, even when using entire directory path in cmd line. I've tried the following commands in the command line:
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If you have any ideas, I'd sure appreaciate your expertise!!
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''philipp [[#answer-670108|said]]''
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hello arcandl, when firefox isn't launching after you double-click on the shortcut this is sometimes also a sign of malware being active on a system.
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* [https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1023202 No tab opens when I click on a link if any Firefox window is already open]
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