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In Firefox's deep toolbox of extensions, there are some in dire need of a sharpening. Here's a collection of 20 of the worst Firefox add-ons we could find.

1.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2,089,086 downloads
2.
Avast Home Edition 726,891 downloads
3.
Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 695,028 downloads
4.
Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition 476,212 downloads
5.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 366,421 downloads
6.
LimeWire 356,817 downloads
7.
Orbit Downloader 352,212 downloads
8.
WinRAR 300,463 downloads
9.
YouTube Downloader 286,294 downloads
10.
Camfrog Video Chat 257,646 downloads

11.
Download Accelerator Plus 215,773 downloads
12.
FrostWire 193,998 downloads
13.
Advanced SystemCare Free 184,194 downloads
14.
VersionTracker Pro 179,634 downloads
15.
IrfanView 159,511 downloads
16.
GOM Media Player 158,569 downloads
17.
FLV Player 153,813 downloads
18.
PhotoScape 136,154 downloads
19.
Virtual DJ Software 135,829 downloads
20.
WinZip 133,261 downloads

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