Why is Firefox constantly crashing? 40.0.2
Ever since the update to 40.0.2, I'm getting constant crashing on both Windows 7 and Windows 10. It's absolutely unbearable. These are a few of my recent crash report IDs, though this is not nearly all of them. What is going on???
bp-33fda917-12a6-4e6b-a160-03f1b2150823 bp-b3384e91-7275-42d7-9cba-fa7592150821 bp-59839c56-d55e-4a0a-96ca-6cecf2150819 bp-3709af2b-27ff-4232-96d9-1f6682150811 bp-d3b3caa7-6ca7-4aba-8c98-fd25d2150811
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The crash report flagged these programs;
Signature OOM OutOfMemory
sysfer.dll = Symantec CMC Firewall
IPSEng32.dll = Symantec Intrusion Detection
IPSLdr32.dll = Symantec Intrusion Detection ++++++++++++++++++++++ Total Virtual Memory 2147352576
Available Virtual Memory 375373824
System Memory Use Percentage 85
Available Page File 2831945728
Available Physical Memory 488751104
OOM Allocation Size 3374055
This is for Sumo's Related Bugs
1156255 NEW --- crash in OOM | large | NS_ABORT_OOM(unsigned int) | nsSimpleURI::SetPath(nsACString_internal const&)
Firefox uses too much memory (RAM) - How to fix This article describes how to make Firefox use less memory to make it run faster and prevent crashes.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding
These reports range from 73% to 88% system memory in use, which is dicey territory for Firefox, which likes to use a lot of memory.
Are there particular sites or types of content that seem to trigger this problem for you?