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what is this error message?

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Stephaniew
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Upon installing Firefox, this warning popped up in the pcfirewall box, wont go away, no instructions, nothing. Why am I getting this warning? First asked/told me an unknown something was trying to install ofr do something, then this box popped up & stayed. with the following; ? unknown application childs application PID: 1852, childs application path: c\Programfiles (x86)\mozillafirefox\firefox.exe event type: childs accessing the network (I DONT HAVE KIDS) Launching Applixcations PID: 1680 Aplication Path: c:\users\6458am\appdata\local\temp\7zs606a.tmp\ ...(CANT SEE THE REST) What is this unknown application, childs application PID 1852? a warning on my pc firewall? Has no instructions just this, WHY?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-5.0.1&os=win&lang=en-US

Upon installing Firefox, this warning popped up in the pcfirewall box, wont go away, no instructions, nothing. Why am I getting this warning? First asked/told me an unknown something was trying to install ofr do something, then this box popped up & stayed. with the following; ? unknown application childs application PID: 1852, childs application path: c\Programfiles (x86)\mozillafirefox\firefox.exe event type: childs accessing the network (I DONT HAVE KIDS) Launching Applixcations PID: 1680 Aplication Path: c:\users\6458am\appdata\local\temp\7zs606a.tmp\ ...(CANT SEE THE REST) What is this unknown application, childs application PID 1852? a warning on my pc firewall? Has no instructions just this, WHY? http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-5.0.1&os=win&lang=en-US

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cor-el
cor-el
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This issue can be caused by the presence of leftover files in the Firefox program folder (defaults\pref) like a file firefox.js that overrides the update URL with a wrong link.

Do a clean reinstall and be sure to remove the Firefox program folder to remove the file(s) that cause the problem.

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