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PC freezes (using Firefox)

maybe it's the cold weather but twice this week my PC has frozen during use (using Firefox) - actually three times because when I restarted Firefox after the second freeze (today) it froze again. On all three times I can't find anything to kick the PC into life eg. pluggin/unplugging hardware/ Ctl-Alt-Del, Escape etc. - leaving it ages doesn't change the display either.

I've done (up to date) scans with Avast, Malwarebytes and BitDefender QuickScan - nothing found.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,

Simon.

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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    reinstall it, or try the portable version alongside
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  • davester
    davester Posts: 4,079 Forumite
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    there is a new update today not sure that will fix it. Also I think this version has a history glich, cause I cleaned out the history and it worked fine for a few days, untill i had clicked on my millionth website
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  • Will try reinstalling Firefox thanks - although didn't mean to suggest that it is necessarily the cause of the problem. When the PC freezes, everything is affected not just Firefox.
    Cheers.
  • I had the same problem and read on a website somewhere that the latest version is doing this, went onto filehippo and downloaded 3.6 version took off auto updates and now working fine
  • well I upgraded to 3.6 but PC just froze on me again (whilst Googling) - any suggestions eg. features to turn opff appreciated.

    PS Running Windows XP
  • bat999
    bat999 Posts: 1,932 Forumite
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    blackswan2 wrote: »
    didn't mean to suggest that it is necessarily the cause of the problem. When the PC freezes, everything is affected not just Firefox.

    Use a different browser for a while, see if the problem persists.
    Google Chrome browser is available from here:-http://www.google.com/chrome
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