hi need help w/ firefox issue???

hey is there any help out there 4 me when ive tried all i can think of; and mozilla gives me automated responses? i had firefox browser(love it) i went online one day no browser came up(options set to bring up browser upon connect)Ctrl,Alt,Del says its running, i cant see it... tried 2 uninstall it Ctrl Alt Del says uninstall is running; no uninstall. very confused.please, need insight...maybe suggest browser w/ tabbed browsing/fast (dont want anything affiliated w/ InternetExplorer,(hate the tracking cookies n adware!!) IE runs real slow on my system. i run 98 se w/ 640.0MB ram/ pentium 3 processor 40G hard drive...disgusted w/ browsers ive found so far... can someone help?please?

 

Unrelated, but can you tell me how you configured firefox to launch when you connected to the internet? I've seen the connect dialog appear when a browser was launched, but not the other way around.

Btw, I second TimW's recommendation to visit the malware removal thread. Some great stuff in there. Even if you think you're clean, this will probably find shtuff for you.

 

Sometimes Firefox fails to shut down completely, and continues to run in the background. When this happens, the browser will not launch. You need to end the Firefox process or processes that are running in the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del). Then it should start normally.

 

hi and in reply 2 those who R trying 2 help... my ISP is ATT and i went into the settings for my att connection and added firefox(through "browse")to open after i connect, but ive been using firefox as long as ive had att... about a year. Also, CNTRL<ALT<DEL is how i noticed it was runing in the background ive ended task;and now it wont uninstall... tried add/remove to uninstall twice;tried crap cleaner to uninstall,AND have tried uninstall from mozilla folder n in every case the uninstall was on CNTRL<ALT<DEL< 4 times n still not able uninstall ; last thanx 4 info on malware section: any suggestions on which program 2 run?? my sys seems clear of garbage (can tell right away when there r intruders as im sure all can...) i SO appreciate the help u all!!! this is a challenging one....please,all help welcome!!! CYNTH

 

is it in taskmanager under programs or processes - make sure there is no mozilla or firefox in processes or programs and try again, if that doesnt work then you should try rebooting in safe mode

 

its in task mngr under close program...i end task n it does close.its not in <run> msconfig start up i only run essentials from start up. u know...it did happen shortly after i updated firefox.i used 1.5.0 forever n decided 2 update... thanx for the help!!!

 

ok, in taskmanager is there a tab at the top called processes?oh you have win98 - reboot your computer(if you havent done it yet) and try again. after that try safe mode - when rebooting it will tell you what f key to press

 

some tabbed brwsers that are good are opera http://www.opera.com/
also just google tabbed browser for many more

 

Try this link http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php?c=4 which is also in your FF bookmarks, I have found it much better than the FAQ part at Mozilla. I also concur with both Tim & Mada to go to Malware and following their rules and post a Hijack Log. Best of Luck

 

In the Mozillazine Knowledge Base there's an article that details how to uninstall Firefox completely (even when the uninstaller fails): http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_firefox

Before doing that, you should back up your bookmarks, as described here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup

I wouldn't restore anything but the bookmarks and maybe saved passwords and form history, something might be corrupted in there. See the section "Partial backup and restore" in the above linked article.

Definitely do that malware removal procedure first, though.

 

hi all... u guys have helped me so much;its appreciated!! i finally got firefox uninstalled there were two install directories in seperate places and believe there were files missing w/in BOTH.somehow some of my file types n extensions r goofy too! im gonna do the malware thing in a few and im not sure if im able to reinstall firefox nor if i will, but letting u all know im grateful 4 all the help!!! (oh, and i ran firefox 1.0 initially...not 1.5. (i realized my typo) peace, cynthellis