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How do I shutdown the "Downloading the latest applications" box?

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The box is above the sites tabs and below the toolbars and is taking up a lot of space. There doesn't seem to be a place to close the box and it just sits there running.

The box is above the sites tabs and below the toolbars and is taking up a lot of space. There doesn't seem to be a place to close the box and it just sits there running.

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The "Downloading the latest applications" problem can be caused by the MSN® Toolbar (Tools > Add-ons > Plugins)

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

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The "Downloading the latest applications" problem can be caused by the MSN® Toolbar (Tools > Add-ons > Plugins)

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

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Thank you.... I went to the <add-ons> and turned off the "MSN Toolbar" and after the restart the "Downloading" bar was gone.. I have found out my son was using Windows Internet Explorer for his facebook and it somehow activated the MSN toolbar here on Firefox.