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Firefox crashes after opening.

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XP system and firefox quit responding.

On a restart firefox keeps crashing on opening. Clean install yields same result, Safemode start Yields same results. I get a Crash report submission failed. I've tried a new profile and same thing.

No malware detected with malwarebytes. Installed Chrome to do this, and chrome is working fine. Seriously at a loss here

XP system and firefox quit responding. On a restart firefox keeps crashing on opening. Clean install yields same result, Safemode start Yields same results. I get a Crash report submission failed. I've tried a new profile and same thing. No malware detected with malwarebytes. Installed Chrome to do this, and chrome is working fine. Seriously at a loss here

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We're sorry to hear that your Firefox seems to be crashing when you open it. Please perform the following steps to give us a crash report ID that helps us find out more about the cause of the crash.

  1. On the keyboard, press [Windows] The image "Windows key" does not exist. + [R]. This should bring up a Run window that contains a text field.
  2. In that text field, type %APPDATA% and press Enter. An explorer window should open.
  3. From that explorer window, double-click on the Mozilla folder, then double-click on Firefox and then on Crash reports. Double-click on submitted.
  4. Now, you should see a list of files that contain reports. Go to View > Arrange Icons by > Modified to get the most recent files at the top of the window.
  5. Open the most recent 5 files with a text editor and copy the IDs.
  6. Paste each ID with bp- into the reply window on the forums.

Thanks in advance!

You can find more information and troubleshooting steps in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.

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I have In (folder) Crash Reports (folder) events (folder) pending (file) Installtime20151208100201 (File) Last crash File submit.log (.txt) "[12/16/15 22:49:23] Crash report submission failed: An error occurred in the secure channel support

[12/16/15 23:04:38] Crash report submission failed: An error occurred in the secure channel support [12/16/15 23:05:28] Crash report submission failed: An error occurred in the secure channel support"

what I can do Is grab the data out of the details on the crash report before I close it. AdapterDeviceID: 0x0659 AdapterDriverVersion: 6.14.13.2101 AdapterSubsysID: 063a10de AdapterVendorID: 0x10de AvailablePageFile: 3167047680 AvailablePhysicalMemory: 1308954624 AvailableVirtualMemory: 1837477888 BIOS_Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD BlockedDllList: BreakpadReserveAddress: 58851328 BreakpadReserveSize: 67108864 BuildID: 20151208100201 CrashTime: 1450325746 EMCheckCompatibility: true EventLoopNestingLevel: 1 FramePoisonBase: 00000000f0de0000 FramePoisonSize: 65536 InstallTime: 1450324027 Notes: AdapterVendorID: 0x10de, AdapterDeviceID: 0x0659, AdapterSubsysID: 063a10de, AdapterDriverVersion: 6.14.13.2101

ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox ReleaseChannel: release SafeMode: 1 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 622 StartupTime: 1450325737 SystemMemoryUsePercentage: 55 TelemetryEnvironment: {"build":{"applicationId":"{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}","applicationName":"Firefox","architecture":"x86","buildId":"20151208100201","version":"43.0","vendor":"Mozilla","platformVersion":"43.0","xpcomAbi":"x86-msvc","hotfixVersion":null},"partner":{"distributionId":null,"distributionVersion":null,"partnerId":null,"distributor":null,"distributorChannel":null,"partnerNames":[]},"system":{"memoryMB":2814,"virtualMaxMB":2048,"isWow64":false,"cpu":{"count":4,"cores":4,"vendor":"GenuineIntel","family":6,"model":15,"stepping":7,"l2cacheKB":4096,"l3cacheKB":null,"speedMHz":2399,"extensions":["hasMMX","hasSSE","hasSSE2","hasSSE3","hasSSSE3"]},"os":{"name":"Windows_NT","version":"5.1","servicePackMajor":3,"servicePackMinor":0,"installYear":2013,"locale":"en-US"},"hdd":{"profile":{"model":"WDC WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0","revision":"80.00A80"},"binary":{"model":"WDC WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0","revision":"80.00A80"},"system":{"model":"WDC WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0","revision":"80.00A80"}},"gfx":{"D2DEnabled":false,"DWriteEnabled":false,"adapters":[{"description":"NVIDIA Quadro FX 580","vendorID":"0x10de","deviceID":"0x0659","subsysID":"063a10de","RAM":null,"driver":"nv4_disp","driverVersion":"6.14.13.2101","driverDate":"10-29-2013","GPUActive":true}],"monitors":[{"screenWidth":1920,"screenHeight":1200,"refreshRate":60,"pseudoDisplay":false},{"screenWidth":1280,"screenHeight":1024,"refreshRate":75,"pseudoDisplay":false}],"features":{"compositor":"basic","d3d11":{"status":"blocked"},"d2d":{"status":"unavailable","version":"1.0"}}}},"settings":{"addonCompatibilityCheckEnabled":true,"blocklistEnabled":true,"isDefaultBrowser":true,"e10sEnabled":false,"telemetryEnabled":false,"isInOptoutSample":false,"locale":"en-US","update":{"channel":"release","enabled":true,"autoDownload":true},"userPrefs":{"browser.cache.disk.capacity":1048576,"browser.newtabpage.enhanced":true}},"profile":{"creationDate":16786},"addons":{"activeAddons":{},"theme":{},"activePlugins":[{"name":"Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library","version":"3.0.2.629","description":"Npdsplay dll","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["application/asx","video/x-ms-asf-plugin","application/x-mplayer2","video/x-ms-asf","video/x-ms-wm","audio/x-ms-wma","audio/x-ms-wax","video/x-ms-wmv","video/x-ms-wvx"],"updateDay":13983},{"name":"Microsoft® DRM","version":"9.0.0.4503","description":"DRM Store Netscape Plugin","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["application/x-drm"],"updateDay":13983},{"name":"Microsoft® DRM","version":"9.0.0.4503","description":"DRM Netscape Network Object","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["application/x-drm-v2"],"updateDay":13983},{"name":"Adobe Acrobat","version":"11.0.8.4","description":"Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.8","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["application/pdf","application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml","application/vnd.adobe.x-mars","application/vnd.fdf","application/vnd.adobe.xfdf","application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml","application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml"],"updateDay":16287},{"name":"Adobe Acrobat","version":"11.0.8.4","description":"Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.8","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["application/pdf","application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml","application/vnd.adobe.x-mars","application/vnd.fdf","application/vnd.adobe.xfdf","application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml","application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml"],"updateDay":16287},{"name":"VLC Web Plugin","version":"2.2.1.0","description":"VLC media player Web Plugin","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["audio/mpeg","audio/x-mpeg","video/mpeg","video/x-mpeg","video/mpeg-system","video/x-mpeg-system","audio/mp4","audio/x-m4a","video/mp4","application/mpeg4-iod","application/mpeg4-muxcodetable","video/x-m4v","video/x-msvideo","application/ogg","video/ogg","application/x-ogg","application/x-vlc-plugin","video/x-ms-asf-plugin","video/x-ms-asf","application/x-mplayer2","video/x-ms-wmv","video/x-ms-wvx","audio/x-ms-wma","application/x-google-vlc-plugin","audio/wav","audio/x-wav","audio/3gpp","video/3gpp","audio/3gpp2","video/3gpp2","video/divx","video/flv","video/x-flv","application/x-matroska","video/x-matroska","audio/x-matroska","application/xspf+xml","audio/x-mpegurl","video/webm","audio/webm","application/vnd.rn-realmedia","audio/x-realaudio","audio/amr","audio/x-flac"],"updateDay":16538},{"name":"Google Update","version":"1.3.29.1","description":"Google Update","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["application/x-vnd.google.update3webcontrol.3","application/x-vnd.google.oneclickctrl.9"],"updateDay":16786},{"name":"Windows Presentation Foundation","version":"3.5.30729.1","description":"Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["application/x-ms-xbap","application/xaml+xml"],"updateDay":14090},{"name":"iTunes Application Detector","version":"1.0.1.1","description":"iTunes Detector Plug-in","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":true,"mimeTypes":["application/itunes-plugin"],"updateDay":16121},{"name":"Shockwave Flash","version":"20.0.0.235","description":"Shockwave Flash 20.0 r0","blocklisted":false,"disabled":false,"clicktoplay":false,"mimeTypes":["application/x-shockwave-flash","application/futuresplash"],"updateDay":16782}],"activeGMPlugins":{"gmp-gmpopenh264":{"version":null,"userDisabled":false,"applyBackgroundUpdates":1}},"activeExperiment":{},"persona":null}} Theme: classic/1.0 Throttleable: 1 TotalPageFile: 4930457600 TotalPhysicalMemory: 2951196672 TotalVirtualMemory: 2147352576 Vendor: Mozilla Version: 43.0 Winsock_LSP: NVIDIA App Filter over [MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]] : 2 : 1 : %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\nvappfilter.dll

NVIDIA App Filter over [MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP]] : 2 : 2 : %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\nvappfilter.dll 
NVIDIA App Filter over [MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IP]] : 2 : 3 : %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\nvappfilter.dll 
MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP] : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IP] : 2 : 3 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
RSVP UDP Service Provider : 6 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\rsvpsp.dll 
RSVP TCP Service Provider : 6 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\rsvpsp.dll 
MSAFD nwlnkipx [IPX] : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD nwlnkspx [SPX] : 2 : 5 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD nwlnkspx [SPX] [Pseudo Stream] : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD nwlnkspx [SPX II] : 2 : 5 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD nwlnkspx [SPX II] [Pseudo Stream] : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
NVIDIA App Filter : 2 : 1 : %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\nvappfilter.dll 
MSAFD RfComm [Bluetooth] : 2 : 1 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NwlnkNb] SEQPACKET 3 : 2 : 5 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NwlnkNb] DATAGRAM 3 : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{054B4B64-8F46-48DA-ABBC-A414ECE523B0}] SEQPACKET 6 : 2 : 5 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{054B4B64-8F46-48DA-ABBC-A414ECE523B0}] DATAGRAM 6 : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{B24591D7-2B72-49F7-BAB1-5FEA5C097F19}] SEQPACKET 5 : 2 : 5 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{B24591D7-2B72-49F7-BAB1-5FEA5C097F19}] DATAGRAM 5 : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D079BE23-AD7D-4BF6-916E-FA0B77713228}] SEQPACKET 4 : 2 : 5 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D079BE23-AD7D-4BF6-916E-FA0B77713228}] DATAGRAM 4 : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{55DFDD4A-B2DC-4AA6-81AA-0AD5CDBB2B74}] SEQPACKET 0 : 2 : 5 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{55DFDD4A-B2DC-4AA6-81AA-0AD5CDBB2B74}] DATAGRAM 0 : 2 : 2 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{3196A95F-2F99-4205-AAC4-60997EBD0231}] SEQPACKET 1 : 2 : 5 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll 
MSAFD NetBIO
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Some of your crash reports weren’t sent to the Mozilla Servers.

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP in front of the numbers/letters, click it to submit them.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most resent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box below and paste them in.

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FredMcD

What address bar? Firefox won't run..... Thus no address bar.

Please advice on how to get the about:crash through a backdoor.

Modified by TimRice

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Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe web sites. Is the problem still there?

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