win7/firefox issue

FrankZ · 13 Jan 2012

logicearth said:

I bet you, its flash...I've been having this problem on and off every so often. Opening Task Manager and killing "plugin-container.exe" seems to help revive Firefox from its hang up.

Seems to have done the trick.
Is something I'll have to do often?

FrankZ · 13 Jan 2012

DAMNIT!!
Still doing it.

Anyone able to tell me how to identify the culprit?

I'm guessing using the Event Viewer but I'm not experienced with it at all.

stve · 14 Jan 2012

Open Device Manager & check the USB connections.
If you have a wireless mouse. check the battery
If you have another mouse handy try it .

FrankZ · 14 Jan 2012

Wired mouse, already tried a different one.
No change.

logicearth · 14 Jan 2012

FrankZ said:

Is something I'll have to do often?

Until Adobe or Mozilla fixes what ever is going on, you'll have to do it often.
You could use "Flashblock" to prevent flash from loading without your permission.
That should cut back the amount you have to kill plugin-container.exe.

lehnerus2000 · 14 Jan 2012

Have you checked that your Flash plug-in is up-to-date?

Firefox Plugin Check
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

There must be something about the setup of your PC that is causing the problem though (some weird interaction).
My FF 9.0.1 (+ Flash) doesn't have the problem you describe.

NoScript is another add-on which will block javascript and as an extra bonus, Flash.
That should also help protect you from dodgy websites.