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9.0.1 using Excessive CPU per Norton 360

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glenhine
glenhine

Brand new HP Pavilion g series laptop. HP Pavilion g6x customizable Notebook PC 

   • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
   • 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M (2.2 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
   • Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 [HDMI, VGA]
   • 4GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm)
   • FREE UPGRADE to 500GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive

I have Norton 360 installed and keep receiving a notice that Firefox is using a lot of CPU. Last time notice came up it said that Firefox was "100% of at least one CPU". For being brand new my laptop is slow.

What can I do to fix this?

Brand new HP Pavilion g series laptop. HP Pavilion g6x customizable Notebook PC • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit • 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M (2.2 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) • Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 [HDMI, VGA] • 4GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm) • FREE UPGRADE to 500GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive I have Norton 360 installed and keep receiving a notice that Firefox is using a lot of CPU. Last time notice came up it said that Firefox was "100% of at least one CPU". For being brand new my laptop is slow. What can I do to fix this?

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Matt_G
Matt_G

Hi glenhine,

Have you looked at the Knowledge Base article Fix Firefox using too much memory or CPU resources? There is also some good information in Fix Firefox using too much memory or CPU resources.

Hopefully this helps!