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Firefox's process running constantly

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After closing firefox,its process keeps running.Even at a clean boot up,the first of a day,it runs from the first moment with no reason.I noticed a 20% cpu usage and check my task manager,firefox.exe was using it.

After closing firefox,its process keeps running.Even at a clean boot up,the first of a day,it runs from the first moment with no reason.I noticed a 20% cpu usage and check my task manager,firefox.exe was using it.

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Firefox Running in Background

Firefox - To reduce memory usage

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