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Youtube video's in Firefox keep downloading even after i've closed the tab/window.

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Basically the problem is that whenever i view a youtube video on Firefox, if I close the window during the loading or try and skip to a different timeframe the segment that was being downloaded at that time is still being downloaded. The only way I can stop the downloading is by killing Firefox via the Task Manager.

I confirmed this by using a bandwidth monitor to constantly check my DL speed and traffic and this problem is definitely triggered when I view Youtube video's, any video for that matter.

I've tried disabling my addons/plugins and stuff and uninstalled/updated Flash but to no avail.

URL of affected sites

http://www.youtube.com

Basically the problem is that whenever i view a youtube video on Firefox, if I close the window during the loading or try and skip to a different timeframe the segment that was being downloaded at that time is still being downloaded. The only way I can stop the downloading is by killing Firefox via the Task Manager. I confirmed this by using a bandwidth monitor to constantly check my DL speed and traffic and this problem is definitely triggered when I view Youtube video's, any video for that matter. I've tried disabling my addons/plugins and stuff and uninstalled/updated Flash but to no avail. == URL of affected sites == http://www.youtube.com

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Exactly the same problem for me, it's really annoying as I have a limitation in the download volume for my connection.

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Will someone at mozilla please help i have the same issue

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same problem here, happens on other video sites as well.

does not happen with IE or Chrome.

Im using the latest update of firefox.

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Exact same problem for me as well.

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Exact the same problem!!!