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Firefox is very slow opening and most of the time can't find web sites, I also use Google Chrome and have no problems, got any answers?

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Firefox is very slow opening and most of the time can't find web sites, I also use Google Chrome and have no problems, got any answers?

Firefox is very slow opening and most of the time can't find web sites, I also use Google Chrome and have no problems, got any answers?

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Please answer my question

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Firefox did not answer my question, so I will simply delete Foxfire from my computer and use google chrome that never has any problems, If Firefox could answer my original question I might keep it.

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Answer my question please

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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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Start Firefox in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.

  • Use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
  • Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")