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What to do? Firefox locks computer up after running it for about an hour. Using %100 CPU.

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caliberzzz
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Computer locks up about a half an hour after launching firefox. (It's the only thing running at the time). After updating to version 10 I've ran anti-virsus, anti-malware programs CC Cleaner etc.... I know it's firefox because my AVG ant-virus program gives me a warning everytime I run it that it's using a lot of memory. What are some things I can do to fix this?

Computer locks up about a half an hour after launching firefox. (It's the only thing running at the time). After updating to version 10 I've ran anti-virsus, anti-malware programs CC Cleaner etc.... I know it's firefox because my AVG ant-virus program gives me a warning everytime I run it that it's using a lot of memory. What are some things I can do to fix this?

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Matt_G
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Hi caliberzzz,

You should take a look at our troubleshooting section for performance issues. There is a lot of good information in there on high CPU usaage and memory issues.

Hopefully this helps!