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Firefox.exe returns 0xC000005 error and will not launch

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After a forced update of Avast browsers would not run. Firefox.exe returned an error message (0xC000005). However, firefox will run when launched in windows safe mode. Whats the problem?

System specs Windows XP Pro, SP-3

Thanks

After a forced update of Avast browsers would not run. Firefox.exe returned an error message (0xC000005). However, firefox will run when launched in windows safe mode. Whats the problem? System specs Windows XP Pro, SP-3 Thanks

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Please uninstall firefox and reinstall again. Thank You

 RJ
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It is possible that your security software (firewall, anti-virus) 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 install for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.

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Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer. Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. All these programs have free versions.

Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.

You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.

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