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Forefox using all of the memory
16-04-2010 9:15 PM
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Hi Folks,
Noticed the last few days the the PC has been running slow. Opening Task Manager, I note Firefox, if left open for more than about 10 minutes with continuous take 99% of the CPU. This is note during a refresh or moving pages.
I ran Lavasoft for spyware and no difference. Running AVG virus scan.
Any ideas?
I have thought about uninstalling Firefox and reinstalling, but how can I save my favourites.
Noticed the last few days the the PC has been running slow. Opening Task Manager, I note Firefox, if left open for more than about 10 minutes with continuous take 99% of the CPU. This is note during a refresh or moving pages.
I ran Lavasoft for spyware and no difference. Running AVG virus scan.
Any ideas?
I have thought about uninstalling Firefox and reinstalling, but how can I save my favourites.
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Re: Forefox using all of the memory
16-04-2010 9:57 PM
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Two ways
1. Bookmarks, Organise Bookmarks, Import and backup
2. Install the addon Mozbackup http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
But before doing that - it might be AVG causing the problem
1. Bookmarks, Organise Bookmarks, Import and backup
2. Install the addon Mozbackup http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
But before doing that - it might be AVG causing the problem
Re: Forefox using all of the memory
17-04-2010 12:56 PM
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Running AVG version 9 (9.0.801). Daft as it seems the only way to turn it off would be to uninstall I think. Is there a better virus scanner? And how would AVG cause Firefox CPU to remain at 99%
Re: Forefox using all of the memory
17-04-2010 1:13 PM
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I have no idea - and it was version 10 I was thinking of
Re: Forefox using all of the memory
17-04-2010 1:36 PM
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On the odd occasion I've seen similar behaviour from Firefox on Linux; it's become much more prevalent since I've been using Chrome.
Certainly where Chrome is concerned the culprit is the Flash plugin; I suspect the same is true for Firefox.
Assuming you have Flash installed, see if removing it makes any difference.
Certainly where Chrome is concerned the culprit is the Flash plugin; I suspect the same is true for Firefox.
Assuming you have Flash installed, see if removing it makes any difference.
Re: Forefox using all of the memory
17-04-2010 1:56 PM
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a lot forum users uninstalled AVG about two months ago and installed the free Avast. it only seems to affect XP, this machine is on Win 7 and no problem with AVG
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