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I upgraded to 8.0 and if I leave my session open without changing pages, it freezes and I have to turnoff my computer. Anyone having this problem?

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Firefox freezes if I leave the computer with a window open for 5 minutes or more. It uses all the memory and I cant even end task on it. Only solution is to turn off computer.

Firefox freezes if I leave the computer with a window open for 5 minutes or more. It uses all the memory and I cant even end task on it. Only solution is to turn off computer.

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A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.

Remove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.

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