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Firefox crashes on opening, but will open in Safe Mode (after a while). Crash report talks about related Bugs : 973138 VERIFIED FIXED startup crash in_fnNCDESTROY (mostly with MovieMode 48CA2AEFA22D.dll).

How do fix this problem and stop Firefox from crashing ?

I am not aware of having any installed program called Movie or MovieMode, only Windows Media Player. Your help would be much appreciated. John M

Firefox crashes on opening, but will open in Safe Mode (after a while). Crash report talks about related Bugs : 973138 VERIFIED FIXED startup crash in_fnNCDESTROY (mostly with MovieMode 48CA2AEFA22D.dll). How do fix this problem and stop Firefox from crashing ? I am not aware of having any installed program called Movie or MovieMode, only Windows Media Player. Your help would be much appreciated. John M

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the offending library on your pc which is triggering the crash is named "Websteroids.B324755F3F87.2.6.80.dll" - please run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the free version of malwarebytes, adwcleaner, microsoft safety scanner & kaspersky security scan.

Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

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Just Reinstall Firefox And See What Happens, Also I'm Guessing You Have Windows, They All Mostly Have A Movie Maker Good Luck, Mitch!

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Dear Mitch,

Thanks for your reply.

I have reinstalled Firefox 3 times over the last week. Same problem each time. Not only did I uninstall Firefox the last time, I also removed all trace that I could find of its records, logs and old files. Only the last time did I try reading the crash report, and hence the approach that I am now trying. Have searched for the .dll file, but cannot find one with the reported name. I will keep trying. John M

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hello, could you provide your latest few submitted crash reports? please enter about:crashes into the location bar, copy the latest few report ids from there starting with bp- & paste them here into a forum reply...

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Philipp, Thanks for your reply. Crash report is presented below. Last 10 reports seem all the same cause.


Firefox 29.0.1 Crash Report [@ __fnNCDESTROY ] Search Mozilla Support for Help ID: d1a9bd89-ac57-4e9e-abba-f92e32140531 Signature: __fnNCDESTROY

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Signature __fnNCDESTROY More Reports Search UUID d1a9bd89-ac57-4e9e-abba-f92e32140531 Date Processed 2014-05-31 12:10:03.891055 Uptime 1 Last Crash 729 seconds before submission Install Age 98798 since version was first installed. Install Time 2014-05-30 08:41:49 Product Firefox Version 29.0.1 Build ID 20140506152807 Release Channel release OS Windows NT OS Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build Architecture x86 Build Architecture Info GenuineIntel family 6 model 23 stepping 10 | 2 Crash Reason EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_READ Crash Address 0x0 User Comments Processor Notes sp-processor07_phx1_mozilla_com.26426:2012; HybridCrashProcessor EMCheckCompatibility

True

Winsock LSP

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Adapter Device ID

Total Virtual Memory

2147352576

Available Virtual Memory

1941254144

System Memory Use Percentage

57

Available Page File

2902003712

Available Physical Memory

917528576

Bugzilla - Report this bug in Firefox Core Plugins Toolkit Related Bugs

   973138 VERIFIED FIXED startup crash in __fnNCDESTROY (mostly with MovieMode.48CA2AEFA22D.dll)

Crashing Thread Frame Module Signature Source 0 user32.dll __fnNCDESTROY 1 ntdll.dll KiUserCallbackDispatcher 2 ntdll.dll KiUserApcDispatcher

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Many thanks for your help. John M

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edit: sorry your last post actually already contained the id: bp-d1a9bd89-ac57-4e9e-abba-f92e32140531

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Chosen Solution

the offending library on your pc which is triggering the crash is named "Websteroids.B324755F3F87.2.6.80.dll" - please run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the free version of malwarebytes, adwcleaner, microsoft safety scanner & kaspersky security scan.

Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

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Thank you Philipp, I tried to remove Websteroids a month ago but it refused to uninstall using Windows, so I removed any files that I could find individually, but missed the .dll file. Tried to remove it again today but it refuses to be deleted, so I shifted the .dll file to another file. Firefox seems to be opening ok for now. I will try some of the cleaners tomorrow. Norton 360 and Macfee both say the protection is working ok, but I know the other cleaners pick up problems that Norton misses. Many thanks, John m