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Firefox crashes repeatedly
For the past two or three days Firefox has been repeatedly crashing. It happens even when almost nothing is running, and it sometimes happens immediately I click on the Firefox icon. I'm running Windows XP and using Microsoft Security Essentials, which has always been reliable (I've probably been using it for a year or two).
I've done a full scan (more than once actually), and it all comes up clear. Also I've tried to run Malwarebytes but it doesn't respond - acts as though it's been turned off, or
hijacked or something.
Anyone else had this problem? It's a good long while since I had any virus problems, and MS Security Essentials is very good so it's a mystery to me why it isn't showing something if it is a virus attack.
When Firefox crashes a fault report dialogue shows up and reports back to Firefox, but I haven't heard anything back from them. Reminds me, even my email program is turning
itself off from time to time - actually, no, it just goes to a random web page.
Highly suspicious activity, but I can't do much about it if nothing is showing up as a virus.
If anyone has had this kind of thing on their system I'd like to hear how they dealt with it.
I've done a full scan (more than once actually), and it all comes up clear. Also I've tried to run Malwarebytes but it doesn't respond - acts as though it's been turned off, or
hijacked or something.
Anyone else had this problem? It's a good long while since I had any virus problems, and MS Security Essentials is very good so it's a mystery to me why it isn't showing something if it is a virus attack.
When Firefox crashes a fault report dialogue shows up and reports back to Firefox, but I haven't heard anything back from them. Reminds me, even my email program is turning
itself off from time to time - actually, no, it just goes to a random web page.
Highly suspicious activity, but I can't do much about it if nothing is showing up as a virus.
If anyone has had this kind of thing on their system I'd like to hear how they dealt with it.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Thanks Buenchico, that sounded like a good approach. I downloaded and installed the latest version and it lasted just about long enough for me to fire up my email and Google News and check on a few news stories to see if anything untoward would happen, and then, just as I was beginning to think it was all hunky dory, it crashed again ... what a come down.
Still open for any new ideas. Looks like it isn't Firefox anyway, I guess we've established that much.
Still open for any new ideas. Looks like it isn't Firefox anyway, I guess we've established that much.
I might be being premature but it's looking good! I did a system restore and it worked (when I've had to do them in the past they sometimes don't work ... usually a bad sign, means your system's been pretty badly screwed up for a while I guess).
Anyway, Buenchico, your timely advice might just have saved me some serious headache. When something goes wrong with the computer I really feel it, as though it's personal, not just the damn computer. And what I wouldn't do to those ... 'people' that write those viruses ... don't get me started!
If it all goes pear-shaped again I'll let you know, maybe you can give me another headache tablet!
Anyway, Buenchico, your timely advice might just have saved me some serious headache. When something goes wrong with the computer I really feel it, as though it's personal, not just the damn computer. And what I wouldn't do to those ... 'people' that write those viruses ... don't get me started!
If it all goes pear-shaped again I'll let you know, maybe you can give me another headache tablet!