I had firefox. Update gave me malicious software. I have uninstalled firefox. Is it now safe to re-install, details please.

After automatic upgrade to firefox 16 my search engine went to isearch Claro and would not allow removal.
Eventually I had to do a full restore and this seemed to cure the problem. I have uninstalled firefox as a precaution but want to know if it can now be re-installed and also whether it will support Norton tool bar?
I need advice and reassurance, I like firefox but do not want security problems.
Regards
Bob

Such Firefox problems, (if related to the download file) tend to be either false positives, (in which case full details may be useful so that the problem could be investigated) or due to downloading and using unauthorised copies of Firefox.
Try installing from:
* http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
Note Firefox does provide some attack and phishing protection by default
* http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/
Utilities such as Norton Safe or whatever do sometimes fail on new Firefox versions, until the company concerned updates the software. Hopefully the core security software from Norton will continue to work. You may also not that MS Windows provides a Firewall as part of the OS & also makes available basic free security software such as MS Essentials.
I am wondering whether part of your problem may involve some form of search hijacking. Because some of that type of software is installed by user choice; often bundled with other software, security software may not prevent installation.
* see [[Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page]]

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