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Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« on: 16 August 2008, 23:19:32 »
Ive noticed that firefox seems to be running slowly after its been open for 30 mins or so, and it seems to have a memory leak! Its using 367mb of ram and still going up a meg every few seconds - even when im not using it!

Im sure its doing the same thing on my other laptop which has a newer version of firefox installed too.

Is it just me having these probs?  :-/
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #1 on: 16 August 2008, 23:21:03 »
fine here, latest firefox in xp and vista
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #2 on: 16 August 2008, 23:28:08 »
Firefox is using 97.7k of memory here - solid as a rock too.

Using v3.0.1 and running Noscript and Customise Google add-ins.
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #3 on: 16 August 2008, 23:40:04 »
FF rock stable here too.....no 'issues' at all. :y
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #4 on: 17 August 2008, 00:01:52 »
Must be just me then  :-[

Having said that, I did have about 20 tabs open :-/
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #5 on: 17 August 2008, 00:03:18 »
V 3.0.1 here and no issues at all :y
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #6 on: 17 August 2008, 01:53:57 »
Hmm. :-/

Firefox has just done this to me. Exactly the same symptoms. Rapidly eating memory and about as responsive as a dead slug.

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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #7 on: 17 August 2008, 09:35:57 »
Sure there was some blended threat released in last week or so that affected FF.... ....exact cause unknown, but thought to be scripts embedded in banner ads...
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #8 on: 17 August 2008, 12:09:38 »
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Sure there was some blended threat released in last week or so that affected FF.... ....exact cause unknown, but thought to be scripts embedded in banner ads...

It seems to do it after browsing ebay and facebook mainly.   :-?

Maybe it is the adverts  :-[
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #9 on: 17 August 2008, 14:02:54 »
Try Noscript.
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You can limit what site (if any) scripts can run from.

I've been using it for a couple of months. While it needs your input (it's not "load and forget") I woudn't be without it now. Using IE definately feels less safe.
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« Reply #10 on: 17 August 2008, 17:14:38 »
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Sure there was some blended threat released in last week or so that affected FF.... ....exact cause unknown, but thought to be scripts embedded in banner ads...
Found this one.
The Register - Firefox and clipboard hijack

Could be my sense of humour but there's something a bit amusing in there somewhere...
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #11 on: 17 August 2008, 21:29:54 »
Thanks, that could be why my FF 3.0.1 keeps craping out with "unexpected error, must close".

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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #12 on: 17 August 2008, 21:42:01 »
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Thanks, that could be why my FF 3.0.1 keeps craping out with "unexpected error, must close".

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Yet another reason to use IE  :-X
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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #13 on: 17 August 2008, 21:55:56 »
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Thanks, that could be why my FF 3.0.1 keeps craping out with "unexpected error, must close".

Ken
Yet another reason to use IE  :-X

Sorry, No Way.

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Re: Anyone else keep getting problems with firefox?
« Reply #14 on: 17 August 2008, 22:04:54 »
i cant even get ff to install on my pc without constanty crashing...works ok on the laptop tough???? weird :-/ :-/
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