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Javascript on FF 35.0.1 on Windows 8.1 Update

piniella replied
piniella

On almost every page, FF freezes up for 10-20 seconds and when I do manage to get an error message, it's about a Javascript running slowly and there are the usual choices: Continue, Debug, Stop. This does not happen with Chrome 39.0.2171.95 dev-m or IE 11.0.15.

I have a dual-boot machine and when I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, that version of FF has no issues.

On almost every page, FF freezes up for 10-20 seconds and when I do manage to get an error message, it's about a Javascript running slowly and there are the usual choices: Continue, Debug, Stop. This does not happen with Chrome 39.0.2171.95 dev-m or IE 11.0.15. I have a dual-boot machine and when I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, that version of FF has no issues.

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I understand that there is an unresponsive script running javascript when you browse Firefox.

When Firefox hangs, it can be caused by numerous things. To troubleshoot the obvious issues please see: Firefox hangs or is not responding - How to fix

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piniella said

On almost every page, FF freezes up for 10-20 seconds and when I do manage to get an error message, it's about a Javascript running slowly and there are the usual choices: Continue, Debug, Stop. This does not happen with Chrome 39.0.2171.95 dev-m or IE 11.0.15. I have a dual-boot machine and when I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, that version of FF has no issues.

The problem has gone away afte I ran AVG, Malwarebtes & CCleaner