Why firefox behaves so weirdly/annoying?
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Occasionally FF starts very heavy activities, performing huge amounts of I/O (On my HDD) and considerable CPU usage for a long time (More than 10 minutes is really normal for it) that there is no apparent reason for it and can't be stopped easily. In the meanwhile my PC gets very slow and Firefox itself almost hangs. Very frustrating!
It continues even after closing Firefox for quite a while.
FF really behaves like a heavy antivirus program while performing a full HDD scan!!
I am using FFv60 on Windows7, but have experienced the same problem on other PCs with different FF versions and OSes.
firefox freeze cpu-usage io
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Occasionally FF starts very heavy activities, performing huge amounts of I/O (On my HDD) and considerable CPU usage for a long time (More than 10 minutes is really normal for it) that there is no apparent reason for it and can't be stopped easily. In the meanwhile my PC gets very slow and Firefox itself almost hangs. Very frustrating!
It continues even after closing Firefox for quite a while.
FF really behaves like a heavy antivirus program while performing a full HDD scan!!
I am using FFv60 on Windows7, but have experienced the same problem on other PCs with different FF versions and OSes.
firefox freeze cpu-usage io
asked Nov 15 at 7:37
user40602
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I wonder if you have a hard disk and your FF is swapping?
– davidgo
Nov 15 at 8:15
How much RAM does your computer have?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 8:41
@Mokubai I have 4 GB of RAM
– user40602
Nov 15 at 9:26
@user40602 Does the issue persist in safe mode in a new profile?
– dsstorefile1
Nov 15 at 9:48
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What sites are you visiting when this happens? Does it only happen when you visit specific site or it is every site?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 11:00
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Occasionally FF starts very heavy activities, performing huge amounts of I/O (On my HDD) and considerable CPU usage for a long time (More than 10 minutes is really normal for it) that there is no apparent reason for it and can't be stopped easily. In the meanwhile my PC gets very slow and Firefox itself almost hangs. Very frustrating!
It continues even after closing Firefox for quite a while.
FF really behaves like a heavy antivirus program while performing a full HDD scan!!
I am using FFv60 on Windows7, but have experienced the same problem on other PCs with different FF versions and OSes.
firefox freeze cpu-usage io
asked Nov 15 at 7:37
user40602
193
Occasionally FF starts very heavy activities, performing huge amounts of I/O (On my HDD) and considerable CPU usage for a long time (More than 10 minutes is really normal for it) that there is no apparent reason for it and can't be stopped easily. In the meanwhile my PC gets very slow and Firefox itself almost hangs. Very frustrating!
It continues even after closing Firefox for quite a while.
FF really behaves like a heavy antivirus program while performing a full HDD scan!!
I am using FFv60 on Windows7, but have experienced the same problem on other PCs with different FF versions and OSes.
firefox freeze cpu-usage io
firefox freeze cpu-usage io
asked Nov 15 at 7:37
user40602
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asked Nov 15 at 7:37
user40602
193
asked Nov 15 at 7:37
user40602
193
asked Nov 15 at 7:37
user40602
193
asked Nov 15 at 7:37
user40602
193
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I wonder if you have a hard disk and your FF is swapping?
– davidgo
Nov 15 at 8:15
How much RAM does your computer have?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 8:41
@Mokubai I have 4 GB of RAM
– user40602
Nov 15 at 9:26
@user40602 Does the issue persist in safe mode in a new profile?
– dsstorefile1
Nov 15 at 9:48
1
What sites are you visiting when this happens? Does it only happen when you visit specific site or it is every site?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 11:00
|
show 2 more comments
I wonder if you have a hard disk and your FF is swapping?
– davidgo
Nov 15 at 8:15
How much RAM does your computer have?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 8:41
@Mokubai I have 4 GB of RAM
– user40602
Nov 15 at 9:26
@user40602 Does the issue persist in safe mode in a new profile?
– dsstorefile1
Nov 15 at 9:48
1
What sites are you visiting when this happens? Does it only happen when you visit specific site or it is every site?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 11:00
I wonder if you have a hard disk and your FF is swapping?
– davidgo
Nov 15 at 8:15
I wonder if you have a hard disk and your FF is swapping?
– davidgo
Nov 15 at 8:15
How much RAM does your computer have?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 8:41
How much RAM does your computer have?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 8:41
@Mokubai I have 4 GB of RAM
– user40602
Nov 15 at 9:26
@Mokubai I have 4 GB of RAM
– user40602
Nov 15 at 9:26
@user40602 Does the issue persist in safe mode in a new profile?
– dsstorefile1
Nov 15 at 9:48
@user40602 Does the issue persist in safe mode in a new profile?
– dsstorefile1
Nov 15 at 9:48
1
1
What sites are you visiting when this happens? Does it only happen when you visit specific site or it is every site?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 11:00
What sites are you visiting when this happens? Does it only happen when you visit specific site or it is every site?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 11:00
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I wonder if you have a hard disk and your FF is swapping?
– davidgo
Nov 15 at 8:15
How much RAM does your computer have?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 8:41
@Mokubai I have 4 GB of RAM
– user40602
Nov 15 at 9:26
@user40602 Does the issue persist in safe mode in a new profile?
– dsstorefile1
Nov 15 at 9:48
1
What sites are you visiting when this happens? Does it only happen when you visit specific site or it is every site?
– Mokubai♦
Nov 15 at 11:00