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My Firefox freezes every few minutes, what might be the cause?

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MARKHENRY88
MARKHENRY88
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I have firefox up to date, all my add ons and extensions up to date. Started up the browser with no add ons and its still freezes. Any help would be great. This is very annoying!

I have firefox up to date, all my add ons and extensions up to date. Started up the browser with no add ons and its still freezes. Any help would be great. This is very annoying!

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Probably an over active security or "cleaning" program that's kicking in every few minutes and messing with Firefox.

MARKHENRY88
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I have no security programs on my laptop at all. Please dont make me use IE

TxGhoul
TxGhoul
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mine is doing the exact same thing and i've updated everything as well, please do explain better.

MARKHENRY88
MARKHENRY88 Question owner
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Download the new update, Firefox 7. This has stopped the freezing!