How do I update firefox? I've tried but I never get the updated verson

A long time ago I tried to update firefox from 3.6 to the newest one, but it never did. I tried it several times. I looked in my program file and it has file for a lot of firefox 4, 10 12. But when I open firefox I always get one that says I need to update. Now I getting notices to update. I go to the page and follow the steps but I am always stuck with the same verson. What can I do? Do I have to delete something and start fresh? HELP

Your best bet is to download the latest version from http://www.mozilla.org/ and install that. It should install over version 3.6 and keep all your settings, though I would always do a back up just in case.

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