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Firefox crashes constantly since 31.0 update

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Firefox still crashes in safe mode, and also crashes with plugins disabled. I do not have hardware accelerated & I always use Malwarebytes.

Firefox will open & load my home page as google, but as soon as I click on a search result or go to a website it crashes. It will crash if I try to reload a tab. It will crash trying to restart from the Crash Reporter. I have to Quit Firefox & reopen to my home page.

Here's the latest crash report: bp-6fe9b806-516b-4dda-907b-a1b532140806

Firefox still crashes in safe mode, and also crashes with plugins disabled. I do not have hardware accelerated & I always use Malwarebytes. Firefox will open & load my home page as google, but as soon as I click on a search result or go to a website it crashes. It will crash if I try to reload a tab. It will crash trying to restart from the Crash Reporter. I have to Quit Firefox & reopen to my home page. Here's the latest crash report: bp-6fe9b806-516b-4dda-907b-a1b532140806

Chosen solution

Most of the reports talk about; Signature: StrChrIA

and a file; shlwapi.dll

See if you can replace the shlwapi.dll I think from Microsoft.com


Also, run most or all of the programs below;

Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.

You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.

Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

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Hi,

I think that in this case is better to wait for a bug correction in a future release of firefox. However, in the mean time you can create new profile and check if the problem is still present https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles.

Bye

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Please post the last 7 - 10 crash reports.

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It could be the work of one of your add-ons, or even add / mal-ware. Look thru your add-ons list and make sure you know what each one is and what it does. Also, check the programs that are on your computer

Windows: Start > Control Panel > Uninstall Programs. Mac: Open the "Applications" folder Linux: options depends on the package manager and the desktop environment

Go thru the list. If you find something that you don't know what it is, use a web search.

Troubleshoot Firefox Issues Caused By Malware {web link}

Modified by James

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Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Is there still a problem?

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It still crashed after creating a new profile. There was nothing unusual in add-ons or on my computer programs. It also crashed in safe mode with networking.

Here are the last 10 reports:

bp-c312ccc6-ee99-4e67-b415-da8512140807 bp-9995af19-f8f8-4256-bd07-0bd032140807 bp-0db0d1e6-3b6b-4095-9b85-c42212140806 bp-1eb5c1f3-7322-4175-92aa-5d4b82140806 bp-5d6ed680-0e5c-4992-bdea-e5ec72140806 bp-6fe9b806-516b-4dda-907b-a1b532140806 bp-5f81ed97-9ac1-4269-9b06-f39502140806 bp-c89b8de2-795f-409d-9a1c-0991b2140806 bp-66fd90ee-504a-4a85-bf39-edd4e2140806 bp-ec5e9aa0-12cd-4f35-b78b-46e962140806

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Some of the reports shows high memory use;

Total Virtual Memory 2147352576

Available Virtual Memory 1810583552

System Memory Use Percentage 79

Available Page File 938250240

Available Physical Memory 224006144

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Chosen Solution

Most of the reports talk about; Signature: StrChrIA

and a file; shlwapi.dll

See if you can replace the shlwapi.dll I think from Microsoft.com


Also, run most or all of the programs below;

Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.

You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.

Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

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I did everything you said & it is now finally not crashing. It is running slower (and can hang with multiple tabs open) than it did before the update, but it's at least not crashing!

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Well, that's something. Did you get any error or alert messages from what you did?