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Aaaaaaaack! Firefox is beginning to drive me up the wall!
Me | Thurs, January 7, 2010 | DGHoodini

Posted on 01/07/2010 2:00:33 PM PST by DGHoodini

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To: DGHoodini

Most recent upgrade is killing me....


21 posted on 01/07/2010 2:15:16 PM PST by the long march
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To: USMCPOP

Firefox has always been a memory/resource HOG, even back with version 0.7.

I made a comment about it on their forum and the response was that it ‘must be some add-on/extension.’

BS

Excessive memory use has been a problem for years with Firefox and every version I’ve used. The ver 3 series don’t seem quite as bad, but they still consume memory.

I have had it gobble up 400+ Mb, with no tabs open. The problem is that it consumes, but won’t release memory when tabs are closed.


22 posted on 01/07/2010 2:15:52 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Conservative Vermont Vet
Type ESET in the search box and download the eset online scanner. Run it and do as instucted.
23 posted on 01/07/2010 2:16:51 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: DGHoodini

Yes, it seems to crash about every other hour. Only started happening in the last month.


24 posted on 01/07/2010 2:19:09 PM PST by muggs (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a stupid question)
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To: DGHoodini; All
It may bot be firefox but our anti-whatever software.

AVG and Viper I have been told have a background process where they pre-load and run to see what is hidden within. If bad it will spit it out.

This comes from my Computer wonk bud who has had clients systems get hosed before these software packages were upgraded to stop some very nasty new threats that have surfaced within the last month or two.

25 posted on 01/07/2010 2:19:33 PM PST by taildragger (Palin/Mulally 2012)
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To: taildragger

Yes, adaware can do that, as can any of them actually. Turn off the real time protection and you can tell.


26 posted on 01/07/2010 2:22:10 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: DGHoodini

Nope! running just fine.


27 posted on 01/07/2010 2:22:25 PM PST by LiteKeeper (When do the impeachment proceedings begin?)
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To: TomGuy
I have had it gobble up 400+ Mb, with no tabs open.

Must be some OS memory management factors at play there, or add-on problems.

I have an old Compaq laptop running Linux with 192 MB total RAM, often with ~125 MB FREE with Firefox running! (antiX Linux 8.2)

28 posted on 01/07/2010 2:25:49 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: DGHoodini

try Apple’s Safari for Windows...


29 posted on 01/07/2010 2:25:54 PM PST by wannabegeek
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To: DGHoodini

Disable your add-ons completely then reenable them one by one to test performance against a ‘clean’ baseline.

In addition uninstalling Flash player and reinstalling it with the latest version is always advisable.


30 posted on 01/07/2010 2:26:38 PM PST by relictele
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To: DGHoodini
Firefox is toast right now. Their vulnerability issues seem to be stacking up and their fixes are no help. Safari has been slipping too. I just got Opera and liking it. IE8 is a slug but it's much more secure than other versions and other browsers.

I'd stay away from any bank\paypal\account sites with Firefox for a while.



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31 posted on 01/07/2010 2:26:47 PM PST by Gun142 (Where Will You Be When You Get Where You're Going? -- Jerry Clower)
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To: Cold Heat
Type ESET in the search box and download the eset online scanner. Run it and do as instucted.

Thanks mucho

Just downloaded it and started scan

Will let you know if it works!

32 posted on 01/07/2010 2:30:09 PM PST by Conservative Vermont Vet ((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
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To: DGHoodini

Do you have any Firefox add-ons? If so, you may have some that have not been updated and are not very friendly with the later versions of Firefox.

That being said - yes, I too have had an increasing number of issues - across platforms - with Firefox. I have returned to primarily using Safari for the time being.

And as far as the suggestion by recommendation of Google Chrome... Umm. The biggest piece of spyware ever created. As if Google didn’t already keep your searches and other data warehoused - now folks are voluntarily turning their whole computer over to them... real smart.


33 posted on 01/07/2010 2:31:56 PM PST by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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To: DGHoodini
It runs flawlessly on 3 different machines for me.

2 x XP and one Vista.

34 posted on 01/07/2010 2:33:43 PM PST by Mariner
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To: DGHoodini

Firefox will no longer let me log onto myspace without telling me to “upgrade my browser.” After upgrading I received the same message.

Never thought I’d go back to IE, but I have to.


35 posted on 01/07/2010 2:33:51 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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To: DGHoodini

I had the same problem, then I loaded FasterFox, an add-on that you can get from Mozilla site.
Give it aa try before you dump Firefox, it made an incredible difference for me!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9148


36 posted on 01/07/2010 2:34:26 PM PST by Big Otto
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To: TomGuy

I am running Firefox 3.5.7 on XP - no problems.


37 posted on 01/07/2010 2:37:26 PM PST by reg45 (Be calm everyone. The idiot children are in charge!)
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To: DGHoodini

I downgraded to 3.0. Much better.


38 posted on 01/07/2010 2:38:25 PM PST by mvonfr
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To: y6162

“256 mgs”

My dad was complaining with same issue - slow surfing...

I saw he was running just 256 of ram. I put another 512mb stick in his machine - viola!

He’s happy with it now.

(get more ram - its cheap!)


39 posted on 01/07/2010 2:40:50 PM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: DGHoodini

Nope. No problems here, but then I’m running it on Linux. Can’t speak to your winders install.


40 posted on 01/07/2010 2:42:42 PM PST by AFreeBird (Going Rogue in 2012)
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