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I receive a message when I start Firefox: firefox.exe - application error, the application failed to initialized properly (0xc0000005), click OK to terminate the application

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When I start Mozilla Firefox I receive this warning firefox.exe-application error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click OK to terminate the application When I click OK usually a couple of times, the message disappears and I can connect to internet. I read that it could be a virus. What to do?

When I start Mozilla Firefox I receive this warning firefox.exe-application error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click OK to terminate the application When I click OK usually a couple of times, the message disappears and I can connect to internet. I read that it could be a virus. What to do?

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http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ can be of help to update outdated plugins.

You can disable all plug-ins in Tools, Addons, Plugins once Firefox starts.

Malware Removal Links: http://www.safer-networking.org , http://www.malwarebytes.org , http://www.spywareterminator.com , http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.aspx

Modified by Svetlana