Comments on: Firefox 5 Crashes: What is Causing Them and How to Fix It

By: Firefox 15 Out and Dazzles « Lorelle on WordPress

Firefox 15 Out and Dazzles « Lorelle on WordPress — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 22:56:50 +0000

[...] out at rocket speed to not just keep up with the browser market but to also push out fixes to those memory leaks and crashing issues that plagued Firefox 4 and 5 in 2010-2011. While Adobe Flash was the biggest culprit, Firefox had its own issues, [...]

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:06:35 +0000

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By: cbrace

cbrace — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:36:59 +0000

I received a message to install a vital security update on firefox and 5 minutes later I only got crash messages and couldn’t get back on at all. I took your advice and removed it and then installed 3.6 version and so far all is well. Thank you for the help.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:53:36 +0000

Flash is everywhere. Firefox has upgraded twice since this article was written. I recommend you try Firefox 7 and ensure Adobe Flash is upgraded to the latest version.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:18:10 +0000

Glad I found your post. Firefox has been freezing my screens and crashing daily. Now I know I am not alone. I am not that tech savvy so your suggested fixes made my head spin, lol!

I don’t go facebook and youtube, so it must be something else. I’ve just uninstalled some obsolete plugins and hopefully it will work. If all things fail, I will follow your link to reinstall firefox 3.6.

Will check back this thread often to see if things get better. I love firefox too much… and like you I’m not giving up

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:19:32 +0000

The odds are that it is Shockwave Flash that is causing the problem. Skype is another bugger. Uninstall the Skype toolbar and add Block Flash extension so you can click on Flash to make it play and not have it crash everything. Firefox 7, which was released a few days ago, is MUCH improved in all of this.

By: Tan Bulut

Tan Bulut — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:08:08 +0000

Very helpful info, thanks. Being a mac user, I’m alsoo suffering from firefox crashes lately, yet I don’t want to switch to another browser, I think following your directions may help. Probably it’s related to some extension in my case, just need to find out which one.

By: Michel Fortin

Michel Fortin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:31:53 +0000

I’ve been having problems, too. But this helped: http://www.browsermemory.com/ FYI.

By: broker

broker — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:31:55 +0000

Firefox 5 kept freezing my whole system. Now I have checked Addons and plugins and found an old version of Java Runtime in there! Disabled it and hoping for the freezes to stop, thank you for hinting at plugins.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:52:17 +0000

Use a Flash blocker Firefox add-on. Ensure Flash is updated to the latest version. Flash is being replaced by HTML5, and most of us are truly thrilled to see it go.