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Firefox wil only startup when i close 4 pcs. svchost.exe in the taskmanager, Windows 7 64 any sugestions ??

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gerner37
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on my system Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit full updated, when i try to start firefox 18 only the start window open if i am locky, then its frozen, and after a minut the taskmanger tell me its not responding, often not eaven the start window shows up, i have to shot it down in the taskmanager, but if i close the 4 pcs of " svchost.exe" running then firefox starts up and runs fine, i only find a problem with firefox everything else run fine, i have used adwcleaner.exe and tdsskiller.exe, they haven`t found anything,, do anyone have a sugestion for a solution ??

on my system Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit full updated, when i try to start firefox 18 only the start window open if i am locky, then its frozen, and after a minut the taskmanger tell me its not responding, often not eaven the start window shows up, i have to shot it down in the taskmanager, but if i close the 4 pcs of " svchost.exe" running then firefox starts up and runs fine, i only find a problem with firefox everything else run fine, i have used adwcleaner.exe and tdsskiller.exe, they haven`t found anything,, do anyone have a sugestion for a solution ??

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user633449
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If you hold down shift when starting Firefox, will it start in Safe mode?

Also, scan with malwarebytes.

cor-el
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A possible cause is security software (firewall,anti-virus) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.

Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.

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