Firefox 3.5: Crashing and freezing computer

I typically don't have many problems with computers that I can't solve right off the bat, but this is one of them. Yesterday, after looking at a bunch of flash videos off riske' sites (though not any different than I've been doing for years and haven't been given problems), Firefox 3.5 has been crashing and bringing my computer down with it. When navigating to a new page/link, 1/10 times, Firefox with either crash outright, or freeze my computer to the point of where I can't even bring up the task manager (but I can move around my mouse). At that point I'm forced to restart.

I've run a bunch of scans and they didn't pick anything up. Any idea what it could be?

I typically don't have many problems with computers that I can't solve right off the bat, but this is one of them. Yesterday, after looking at a bunch of flash videos off riske' sites (though not any different than I've been doing for years and haven't been given problems), Firefox 3.5 has been crashing and bringing my computer down with it. When navigating to a new page/link, 1/10 times, Firefox with either crash outright, or freeze my computer to the point of where I can't even bring up the task manager (but I can move around my mouse). At that point I'm forced to restart.

I've run a bunch of scans and they didn't pick anything up. Any idea what it could be?

ILoveKHandAnime

I recently had a problem with firefox that i later found out was caused by an add that used shockwave flash. It brought down performance of my whole pc and made it completely unresponsive at times (mouse still moved too). Don't know if your problem is the same but you could try updating your plug-ins or see if disabling them in the add-ons menu helps.

Do other browsers work? Or other versions of Firefox?

Do other browsers work? Or other versions of Firefox?

felixworks

Do other browsers work? Or other versions of Firefox?

Do other browsers work? Or other versions of Firefox?

[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="ILoveKHandAnime"] Other versions crash too. Weird. And now when it crashes, it doesn't freeze up my whole PC. But when I was trying to play Starcraft earlier, my PC froze up. Doesn't make sense.ILoveKHandAnime

[QUOTE="ILoveKHandAnime"][QUOTE="Marfoo"] Open up command console and type "sfc.exe /scannow", this will check the integrity of your Windows files and replace as necessary, you can also run CHKDSK.Marfoo

sorry for being off-topic here. anybody thinks firefox 3.0 is better than 3.5? or is it just me? i'm using it for a while already, i must say i'm not too satisfied with it. it's less stable than 3.0, it hangs every once in a while. it feels like it's using more system resources as well.

Have you tried running a system restore to a point before all this crashing started - before all your risque browsing?

I also get freezes in firefox 3.5. The freeze is on the entire computer so i cant move mouse or use keyboard, nothing movies on the screen, its a sudden freeze. I dont know why this is happening but its very annoying. It happens randomly, I havent had same issue with ie8 so am pretty sure its just firefox.