Safari and Firefox will not download anything.

Whenever I click on a link to download anything, Safari crashes. Funnily enough, the only thing I have managed to download is Firefox. In Firefox, there is the same problem, but Firefox doesn't crash when I try to download, it just does nothing. I tried the Disk First Aid thing that was mentioned in other topics, and resetting safari. I don't think it's the download links that are wrong, because I've tried 5 or so downloads and they all crash safari. Could someone test and see if this downloads:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/radio_podcasts/lastfmrecenttracks.html
which is what I was trying to download first last night that wouldn't work. Any help is appreciated :]

I tried deleting those files
Exactly which files did you delete? Some programs, such as, but not limited to, Speed Download, require that you use their provided uninstaller. Dragging the app to the trash will only lead to problems. Some plugins, such as PithHelmet, only work with specific browsers (Safari & Shiira for PithHelmet) so they would not affect behavior in other programs.
Have you tried using a new user account? If not, do so to see if your problem is account or system related. To create a new account, open System Preferences and click on Accounts. You may have to click on the padlock and give your admin name and password to create an account. Click on the plus sign in the lower right corner to create the new account. I see no reason to give it a password. You can delete this account later using using the minus key, although I have kept my second account to use for testing (the user folder only takes up 32 kb).

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