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plugin-container takes 99% of CPU

AnonymousUser
AnonymousUser
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after updating to 3.6.6 (i think) when i go into youtube n try to watch video video is slow / lagging / and when i check my CPU in windows task manager it says it takes about 70~99%

is this normal or just my FF? how can i fix this?

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== after newest update

after updating to 3.6.6 (i think) when i go into youtube n try to watch video video is slow / lagging / and when i check my CPU in windows task manager it says it takes about 70~99% is this normal or just my FF? how can i fix this? == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == after newest update

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AnonymousUser
AnonymousUser Mwenye swali
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my screen is totaly green...

dazzlerdarren
dazzlerdarren
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I'm using slackware and plugin-container pretty often goes to 99%; when viewed in top. Sometimes the process Zombies after firefox is shutdown and I have to manually kill it. I'm using a more up to date Firefox 3.6.17 and the problem is still present.

Modified by dazzlerdarren