Firefox problems?

Hey. I have two problems with FF that I'd appreciate some help with.





First of all, since this morning, whenever I close Firefox, my skin settings seem to reset. For example, I use small icons with text, and my bar consists of home, refresh, history, bookmarks, and downloads. However, when I close and open firefox, it uses big icons with no text, and only home, refresh, and stop, so I have to re-customize.





Second of all, my history's locked. I can't delete anything in it.





Thanks in advance.





Note: I've already re-installed. Twice.

Firefox problems?
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Update your antivirus and run a full scan in safe mode





If you do not have full time (active) virus protection install (only one) all are excellent:





AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition


http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/...


http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-F...


or


Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition


http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...


or


AOL Active Virus Shield


http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivir...


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Install Windows Defender (full time spyware protection)


Perform a full scan.


http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security...


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Install the following five programs and run weekly or at least monthly. You need all five. They will greatly increase your protection. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection.





Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan)


http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-a...





Spybot Search %26amp; Destroy (update + immunize + scan)


Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper


After installation: update + scan + immunize


http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirro...





SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”.


http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...





SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan)


http://www.superantispyware.com/





CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option


Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history


In options.


Set to run when computer starts.


Place cookies you want to keep in save list


http://www.ccleaner.com/


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Note if a scan detects a problem but is unable to remove, start the computer in safe mode with the internet line disconnected and run a full scan.





In severe cases your system restore files will also be infected. In these cases you will need to turn off system restore to prevent malware hiding in the system restore files and reinfecting the computer during removal or during a future system restore. Turning off system restore deletes the system restore files.





Right click on "my computer"%26gt; Properties %26gt; System Restore Tab %26gt; Check box turn off system restore





After the malware is removed turn on system restore.


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Run this time only





CWShredder: run


http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/





Roguefix.bat


http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/rog...





Shoot The Messenger


http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger...





SmitFraudFix


http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/How_to_us...





Vundo Fix and


VirtumundoBegone (if VundoFix does not work)


http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t...





VX2 tool for Ad-Aware and run tool (Install and run)


http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/secur...





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Additional run this time and monthly.





Microsoft Update "Custom Mode" install everything


http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupd...





Microsoft OneCare Live, run “full service scan”


Updates windows, virus and spyware scan, disk cleanup, disk fragmentation (if needed), backs up registry and then cleans registry, and checks for open firewall ports


http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/defau...





Malicious Software Removal Tool (run “full scan”)


http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwar...


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RootkitRevealer v1.71


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinte...





Rootkit Removal Guide


http://safecomputing.umn.edu/guides/scan...





Rootkits Removers


Pick any 2 install and run one each month





AVG Anti-Rootkit


http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-...





F-Secure BlackLight


http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/





Sophos Anti-Rootkit


http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tool...


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Online Free Scanners:


Run Trend Micro, Kaspersky, and Panda Scan now.


Run a different one each month.





Trend Micro: HouseCall Free Scan (removes what it finds)


http://housecall.trendmicro.com/


BitDefender Online Scanner http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html


Kaspersky Labs Online Scanner http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner


McAfee http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.as...


Panda ActiveScan Free Online Scanner http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ac...


Symantic Online Scanner http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/ssc_e...


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Additional Information read:


http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Remov...


http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Preve...


http://www.castlecops.com/f67-Hijackthis...


http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm


http://aumha.org/secure.htm


http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php


http://www.castlecops.com/t102301-Hijack...


http://www.techsupportforum.com/security...


http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=4...
Reply:I thought Firefox had 0 problems. I guess not. I'm proud to use IE7. Report It

Reply:Run a virus, adware and spyware scan. If you don't have any of these applications, see below.
Reply:run a spyware check. if you're not on your computer's administrative account, that may also be the problem.
Reply:yeah check for spyware and crap, also make sure you install on an administrative account or you might not be able to modify firefox (since you wouldn't have permissions)