Problems with FireFox & Google in XPSP2


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Yesterday, when I first turned on my PC during the afternoon, I noticed that Google's main page loaded, but I couldn't use the search engine at all. I typed my entry on the search box, hit "Search", but the page got stuck in a loading cycle... I left it loading for a couple minutes, but nothing happened.

Today, I reinstalled FireFox from scratch, deleting EVERYTHING related to it (bookmarks, add-ons, etc.). Now Google seems to work when I open FireFox and search from my homepage (Mozilla's Google page)... but after a couple minutes of surfing the web, it stops working. Everything else, every single other page I try to load, works perfectly fine. As you imagine, I really can't live without Google, as I use it for almost everything. I've tried using SuperAntiSpyware, NOD32 and Ad-Aware several times -- detecting some threats -- but it didn't change anything.

Is there something I can do to fix this? I'm being driven nuts by this situation!

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Now I've noticed that I cannot use ANY search engine I know of... Not MSN, not Yahoo, not Google, not anything, not even with IE... This is completely insane!

Please! I'm begging you! Help me!!

Edited by Joey Ravn

Wow, I don't even know where to begin. This problem is very weird. Normally I would've suggested scanning for spyware/malware, but you already did that. I'm sorry but I am stumped. Hopefully someone else can help. :no:

When you deleted everything to do with Firefox, did you delete the profile?

I don't know if that would make any difference because the profile contains bookmarks, add-ons, browsing history, etc.

In any case, you can create and delete profiles by running this command: "firefox -profilemanager".

I don't know if that would make any difference because the profile contains bookmarks, add-ons, browsing history, etc.

In any case, you can create and delete profiles by running this command: "firefox -profilemanager".

Yes but one can delete bookmarks and extensions from the options and not touch the profile: Anyway if he ever comes back the profile is located:

Operating System

Profile Folder Path

Windows Vista/XP/2000 - %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\

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