I started my computer and the icons for firefox said "Whywhy" both on my desktop and in the strat menu.

The wording under the icons on both desktop and start menu was changed to "Whywhy". I have not used those icons to run firefox for fear that it would launch a virus or malware. I have never seen this happen before, and I have attempted to search the internet for a solution as to why it happened. There are no results for that intrernet search, both in your knowledge base and google.

The following link shows you what files/folders to remove if the uninstaller does not work - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox

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