Originally Posted by
ilgoldstein
Do you regularly run full antivirus and anti spyware/adware scans? How old is the system -- sometime you really need to back up your date, reformat the drive and reinstall the operating system and applications.
I was thinking the same thing. This might be a root kit, which would explain the slow boot-up. Because Firefox accesses the internet, it might be malware that's interfering with it.