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After watching a few you tube videos, firefox stops working

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After watching a few you tube videos, firefox stops working, I try to go to different videos and websites and nothing happens, not even an error message. The only way tp get firefox to work again is to restart my computer and it works fine until i watch a few more vids.

After watching a few you tube videos, firefox stops working, I try to go to different videos and websites and nothing happens, not even an error message. The only way tp get firefox to work again is to restart my computer and it works fine until i watch a few more vids.

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Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.

(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)

  • Open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.

Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"

If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article for that.

To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.

Please report back soon.

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Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test to see if that helps.

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I used firefox safe mode, and it still does the same thing, any othersuggestions?

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Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.

You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.


Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

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