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With firefox on, it is using 47% of my computer's memory. If I try to view videos or broadcast my webcam It goes up to 49% and my comp freezes about oncea minut

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  • Igcine ukuphendulwa ngu FredMcD

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I can't figure out why this just started happening about 4 days ago.

I can't figure out why this just started happening about 4 days ago.

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

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None of these three options helped. I was gone all day and when I got home and just opened up my task manager my computer was running at 39% of RAM being used. When I turned Firefox on to come to the help page my RAM usage went up to 44%. All the previous versions of Firefox have never used this much RAM. Firefox is using 163.3 MB of memory. The other major users are the 11 processes of my McAfee security setup. The use a combined 183.6 MB. If I turn on my webcam, attempt to I.M. or watch anything on Youtube my memory usage goes up to 51% and my comp starts to hang up. This is really getting to be a problem.

Okulungisiwe ngu sdnative68

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Issues have been previously linked to the McAfee Site Advisor extension. Try to disable it and see if the problem persists.

http://service.mcafee.com/faqdocument.aspx?id=TS100162 How to uninstall SiteAdvisor

To disable it: Type "about:addons" in the Location bar Find the extension and click on its "Disable" button


Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

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None of those options helped. I have tried turning off as many apps as I can but nothing helps. Just having my computer on with no browser is using 30-35% of my memory. I can't understand why this has suddenly happened.

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sdnative68 said

Just having my computer on with no browser is using 30-35% of my memory.

Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe web sites. Is the problem still there?

Starting The Computer In Safe Mode;
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