Why will not Mozilla-Firefox not open in the version 3.5.16? The schoolonly supports version 3.0

My question is why does Mozilla Firefox version 3.5.1.6 not work when it always had in the past since 2009 approximately.
The only thing different is that I did purchase Norton 2011 then upgraded to Norton 2012 Anti-Virus Protection Suite.
The School I go to will only support Version 3.0 Firefox. I have installed the version 7.0 from your sight by clicking download. I used the older version 3.5.1.6 on my laptop as well with no problems but now it won't work and they both crash. I have clicked on send reports but no answers yet. The laptop as well as my desktop had viruses from a server that I used which I found out had two computers which weren't virus protected with current updated signatures. This was McAfee "Total Protection Suite" which did not give me any protection at all and this is what happened, and it should have at least blocked me from getting onto the Internet through the server. I only used this server as a gateway only. I never had this problem with AVG Protection Anti-Virus Suite, but then I changed to McAfee, which the server uses, and this is when all my problems started because two computers on this network were not protect with updated virus signatures. The viruses crashed my Laptop and almost my desktop as well. I ran Norton and this took care of the problem on my desktop and then I ran Malwarebytes and Hitman both Virus Scanners and removed all 53 viruses, PUPS, and other Malware.
I reinstalled both of the Mozilla Firefox version 3.5.2.6 and I got the message that said sorry the browser crashed and click OK to send a report to Firefox which I did. I can't start school without Mozilla Firefox as the School only supports Firefox 3.0. As I had corrupted files from the problems with all the Malware and I have resolved most of the issues now except that I will have to upgrade to Windows 7 "Home Premium" and I am working with Dell Tech. Support with this and trying to complete as much as possible before I call them back.
Will I be able to use the older version and is Norton 2012 the program causing the older versions not to work?

You can install the portable Firefox 3.6.x version, that comes with its own profile, to access websites that do not work with Firefox 5+.
*http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable#legacy
*http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/localization#legacy36
You probably need to create a new profile because the SQLite version used in Firefox 3.5 is not compatible the the SQLite version that is used by current Firefox versions.
See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile
If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

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