I get redirected when trying to install firefox

Feb 28th - turned the pc off in the evening, had experienced no problems, had visited a site on using climbing cams that mcafree advisor said wasnt safe so i came off this.
March 1st - on rebooting my computer i couldnt load up firefox due to script error, and also couldnt open IE either. Uninstalled both. Google chrome now works. However when i try to install firefox, a small browser window flashes up in the top left corner of my screen, then when the save/run file dialog box opens, the download source changes each time and so does the size of the file.I have deleted everything such as temp files, history, cookies etc, completely uninstalled and rebooted, but still having this problem.

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xuab2q88.default is the location of the cache folder for your default profile. If the updates folder isn't there then it looks that Firefox hasn't downloaded an update.
You can download the full version from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
Delete the Firefox program folder: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
That will remove all Firefox program files in case some are locked or protected by security software.<br />
That should allow you to install a full version of Firefox 3.6.10
Your Firefox profile data is stored elsewhere and won't be affected.

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