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Jan 29, 2007 | 6:46 pm

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Originally Posted by Wanderbug

I'm so glad to hear that I'm not the only person who has been having this problem!
I consistently use NoScript & ......./AdblockG.

In my case, FF also has not been good about wanting to release resources when I exit the program.

I'm not at all willing to go back to IE, and as my PC is o

I think I will just keep disabling extensions and see where that takes me...

Is anyone else who has this problem using Foxytunes? I see that Leumas also is using Forecast Fox... I hope that's not the problem!

I uninstalled ALL extensions.
Then I installed:
AddBlock Plus (prev just was .......)
Flashblock (prev recommendation from this thread)
Forecast Fox
NoScript
Filterset G

Result:
* 115mb utilization for FF...a bit less than before
* CPU under 20% but that's still a far cry from the single digit I would prefer..

I wonder if this is a Forecast Fox problem....??

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