Update to Mountain Lion 10.8.5 has killed my wifi access. Help needed.

I have a late 2008 aluminium MacBook. Everything worked fine until I downloaded the update on wifi, restarted, & now I cannot turn my wifi on.
Help please! I need to use my MacBook tonight.

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Current iPhoto is 9.4.3.
Current iDVD is 7.1.2
Current iMovie is 9.0.9
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After my update of Mountain Lion, my MacBook Pro has been slow and failed multiple times. I've had to restore at least 10 times in the past two weeks.

Here's my EtreCheck info:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,4
          1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Startup Items:
          HP IO - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
          HP Trap Monitor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
          PenTabletDriver - Path: /Library/StartupItems/PenTabletDriver
System Software:
          OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) - Uptime: 0 days 0:15:20
Disk Information:
          FUJITSU MJA2250BH FFS G1 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 249.2 GB (41.93 GB free)
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch          (2.5.4)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist
          [loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist
          [loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.commonservices.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.commonservices.icalserver.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.commonservices.metrics.kschecker.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.netupdate.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.task.manager.daemon.plist
          [failed] com.intego.VirusBarrier.daemon.plist
          [failed] com.intego.VirusBarrier.logger.daemon.plist
          [failed] com.intego.VirusBarrier.scanner.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.novatelwireless.mobilink3.plist
          [loaded] com.novatelwireless.NvtlServer.plist
          [failed] com.starfield.backupservice.plist
          [loaded] com.wdc.WDDMservice.plist
          [loaded] com.wdc.WDSmartWareServer.plist
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] at.obdev.LittleSnitchNetworkMonitor.plist
          [loaded] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.commonservices.statusitem.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.netupdate.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.task.manager.notifier.plist
          [loaded] com.intego.VirusBarrier.alert.plist
          [failed] com.visionobjects.Axiotron.Quickscript.login.plist
          [loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
          [failed] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.akamai.client.plist
          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
          [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
User Login Items:
          uHD-Agent
          AdobeResourceSynchronizer
          vzwwirelessd
          CrossOver CD Helper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
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          Growl
          Java
          MacFUSE
          NetUpdate
          Perian
          PenTablet
          WacomTablet
Internet Plug-ins:
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          DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
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          OVSHelper.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          Unity Web Player.plugin
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          WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          BlueStacks Install Detector.plugin
          fileEditTool64_15.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
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               4%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          Little Snitch Network Monitor
               1%          hidd
               0%          configd
               0%          mds
               0%          DivXMediaServer
               0%          mDNSResponder
               0%          lsd
Top Processes by Memory:
          131 MB             WebProcess
          123 MB             Safari
          74 MB              Dock
          74 MB              WindowServer
          70 MB              CrossOver CD Helper
          61 MB              mds
          41 MB              coreservicesd
          29 MB              SystemUIServer
          25 MB              Finder
          20 MB              PluginProcess
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          1.84 GB            Free RAM
          1.23 GB            Active RAM
          164 MB             Inactive RAM
          525 MB             Wired RAM
          387 MB             Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs
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No App Store, no spaces, no Time Machine, etc. etc.
As I said, no technolgical advance, no compelling reason to use it. Time Machine is not at all what Apple once promoted it as, since they dropped it in Lion.
And as far as Lion goes, a few that could not adjust their habits to a few interface changes went back to SL, which is still two OSs ahead of you.
This has nothing to do with people not being able to adjust their habits; it has everything to do with productivity, loss of features, and introduction of a new, confusing set of behaviors.
I don't know where you get your numbers from, I would like to see you back up your claim of 'so many people' as 6 million copies were downloaded in the first week alone
I didn't cite any numbers, so wondering where I got them is pointless. Reciting a claim that over 6 million copies of Lion were downloaded in the first week proves nothing.
Judging by the number of people on the forums who are not at all happy with Lion and asking how to downgrade is evidence of user dissatisfaction. Most people who are dissatisfied will not say anything at all, resigning themselves to being required to use it, thus making them unhappy customers and less likely to purchase another Mac or any other Apple device in the future.
Yet you seem to claim that 10.4.11 is where people should stop?
I didn't say or imply anything of the sort. I said that there's no good reason to upgrade just because it's shiny and new. Mac OS X has become bloated with "features" that have little or no practical value, and are seldom used, while at the same time breaking long-established features for no good reason, and having no replacement in place. At the same time, features that worked perfectly well in 10.4.11 and before were deliberately removed from later versions, without prior notice and never restored, along with bugs being introduced that also have never been fixed.
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