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binary file pop up problem. what do i do?

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when i try to open a new page, a little window opens up telling me "You have chosen to open Firefox Setup 3.6.12.exe which is a: Binary File from: http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de Would you like to save this file?" Ive tried uninstalling firefox and reinstalling it, but nothing works. what do i do? also, when i looked up the given url in the window, it led me to a linux site. i dont even use linux, i use windows xp

when i try to open a new page, a little window opens up telling me "You have chosen to open Firefox Setup 3.6.12.exe which is a: Binary File from: http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de Would you like to save this file?" Ive tried uninstalling firefox and reinstalling it, but nothing works. what do i do? also, when i looked up the given url in the window, it led me to a linux site. i dont even use linux, i use windows xp

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http://www.mozilla.org/community/mirrors.html
That is an official Mozilla download mirror at the RWTH Aachen University.

Have you tried a new Firefox Profile?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows

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whats the firefox profile link supposed to do? and will the mozilla mirror link fix the problem? thanks.

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whats the firefox profile link supposed to do? and will the mozilla mirror link fix the problem? thanks.