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BigFrank
01-31-2009, 06:36 PM
Anyone had any problems since the release of FireFox 3.0.5? Lately, FireFox has been crashing a lot. Wanted to see if anyone else has been having issues or may know what the problem itself is. Thanks.

Footbag
01-31-2009, 06:37 PM
Fine for me on...gasp...Vista.

AD720
01-31-2009, 06:39 PM
I had to roll back to the previous stable release on my Mac Mini running 10.5. Running fine on my powerbook running 10.4.11 though.

Running fine on my work machine (vista ultimate).

GTsetGO
01-31-2009, 06:39 PM
Fine for me on...gasp...Vista.

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Mugen910
01-31-2009, 06:57 PM
I've had trouble with google chrome...not with firefox though. I say uninstall and reinstall Frank.

webjunkie
01-31-2009, 10:20 PM
Seems to have trouble loading large applets, but that could just be me.

smokeyandthebandit05
01-31-2009, 10:47 PM
I dont have a problem with FF and I love how its never failed me like IE seems to do :hm

acarr
01-31-2009, 10:50 PM
No problems here

Ashcan Bill
01-31-2009, 11:08 PM
Nope. I'm running 3.0.5 on XP and so far it's been bulletproof.

RGD.
01-31-2009, 11:24 PM
Just checked my version and I'm running 3.0.5 on XP Pro 64 bit with no problems.

Maybe as suggested - total remove and install again.

Ron

awsmith4
02-01-2009, 12:37 AM
I have been having problems with the new version too, lots of crashes as of late, but for about 4 days it has been ok

ucubed
02-01-2009, 02:11 AM
I've had a lot of issues with the older versions of Firefox starting with 3, however I haven't had an issue with recent updates

SmokinDuck
02-01-2009, 03:39 AM
What does the error say when it crashes?

I was having troubles too. I un installed java and went back to a much earlier version and have had good luck so far.

Don Fernando
02-01-2009, 03:59 AM
works fine for me, on XP

MadAl
02-01-2009, 06:02 AM
Definitely! Almost given up using it entirely. Began before 3.05 for me, thought the patch might've been a fix but it wasn't.

mi2az
02-01-2009, 06:29 AM
I have an XP, and mine crashes when I try to go past the firewall at work. It was fine before I had uprade. Now I use IE to do work from home.

BigFrank
02-01-2009, 08:56 AM
ok I am running vista.

Just crashed out and here is the details.
Add-ons: {0b38152b-1b20-484d-a11f-5e04a9b0661f}:5.5.1.1,{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}:3.0.5
BuildID: 2008120122
CrashTime: 1233503706
Email:
InstallTime: 1232587597
ProductName: Firefox
SecondsSinceLastCrash: 64129
StartupTime: 1233503654
Theme: classic/1.0
UserID: 8c5dae39-efea-4972-ac5e-f9748969fa0d
Vendor: Mozilla
Version: 3.0.5


I plan on uninstalling it right now...

BigFrank
02-01-2009, 09:49 AM
Ok quick update, just reinstalled firefox and it is still crashing and giving me the same reasons as before.

Prospector
02-01-2009, 09:55 AM
I am running Firefox 3.0.5 under Vista Home Premium with no noticeable problems.

floydp
02-01-2009, 09:58 AM
It has crashed on my Macbook OSX Tiger on occasion, although its rare but still more often than Anita's OSX Leopard. But FF does on hers with some printing pages, bill paying prints that doesn't occur on mine. Maybe its a problem having to do with your antivirus program. Seem to remember a while back that certain editions of AVG didn't get a long with newer versions of FF on windows. I could be wrong though.

BigFrank
02-02-2009, 03:45 PM
Ok another update, apparently Vista has some sort of Data Execution Prevention setting that is flagging something Firefox is doing or Firefox itself. Now my question is, should I go into the settings and disable or allow Firefox to bypass this setting? Or is there another solution to my issue. And as always thanks for any help.

Here is the Popup windows VISTA gave me.

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature that can help prevent damage to your computer from viruses and other security threats. Harmful programs can try to attack Windows by attempting to run (also known as execute) code from system memory locations reserved for Windows and other authorized programs. These types of attacks can harm your programs and files.

DEP can help protect your computer by monitoring your programs to make sure that they use system memory safely. If DEP notices a program on your computer using memory incorrectly, it closes the program and notifies you.

lenguamor
02-03-2009, 12:00 AM
Anyone had any problems since the release of FireFox 3.0.5? Lately, FireFox has been crashing a lot. Wanted to see if anyone else has been having issues or may know what the problem itself is. Thanks.

Me too, on Vista Ultimate.

A LOT of crashes.

ucla695
02-03-2009, 06:51 AM
No problems here.

Blueface
02-03-2009, 06:55 AM
I have noticed lots of slowness/disconnections.
Switched over to Safari and was all resolved so I do think it had something to do with FireFox.

BigFrank
02-03-2009, 08:16 AM
Ok another update,
did some research last night and apparently since the new release a lot of people have been having crashing issues. it is on fact a firefox issue. no fixes yet.

D_A
02-04-2009, 01:50 PM
3.0.6 was just released which claims to fix several stability issues. May want to try updating.

BigFrank
02-04-2009, 02:05 PM
3.0.6 was just released which claims to fix several stability issues. May want to try updating.
K thanks for the heads up

lenguamor
02-05-2009, 05:12 PM
Ok another update, apparently Vista has some sort of Data Execution Prevention setting that is flagging something Firefox is doing or Firefox itself. Now my question is, should I go into the settings and disable or allow Firefox to bypass this setting? Or is there another solution to my issue. And as always thanks for any help.

Here is the Popup windows VISTA gave me.

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature that can help prevent damage to your computer from viruses and other security threats. Harmful programs can try to attack Windows by attempting to run (also known as execute) code from system memory locations reserved for Windows and other authorized programs. These types of attacks can harm your programs and files.

DEP can help protect your computer by monitoring your programs to make sure that they use system memory safely. If DEP notices a program on your computer using memory incorrectly, it closes the program and notifies you.

YES! I tried explaning this to someone else but couldn't remember the app that was cauing it.

Isn't it funny, though, that DEP never crashes/closes IE?

Hmmm...

acarr
02-08-2009, 09:22 AM
Ok another update,
did some research last night and apparently since the new release a lot of people have been having crashing issues. it is on fact a firefox issue. no fixes yet.

I find mine crashing a lot now:dance: