The operation can not be completed because of an internal failure. A secure network communication has not been cleaned up correctly ... Iget this message when closing firefox. It obviously has been a problem in the past but I'm using FF 6

'''"The operation can not be completed because of an internal failure. A secure network communication has not been cleaned up correctly ... '''"Iget this message when closing firefox. It obviously has been a problem in the past for others but it has only happened to me since updating to firefox6'''

Try to clear the "Active Logins" via Clear Recent History
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Clear+Recent+History
You can also try to delete the file secmode.db in the Firefox Profile Folder
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder

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