Windows 7 - Y does firefox keep freezing & this little rotating aqua blue circle

why does firefox keep freezing & this little rotating aqua blue circle appears. it freezes for maybe 5-10 seconds then the whole window will sort of blink for a second & back to normal. its annoying & i have no idea why its doing it. ive ran my spyware, malware & anti virus programs regularly but it still does it.

any ideas on what might be causing this?

and when i say firefox i just mean my open browser which is firefox. idk if the problem is with firefox or something else though.

jturk,

My mind reading skills are not what they used to be, the crystal ball is in for repairs.
Thus you will have to give us more details re this "glitch" you have.

* Please start by filling in your System Specs.
This will better enable us to help you



* What version of Firefox are you running?

* How long have you had this problem for?

* What Anti Virus came pre installed on your computer?

* List all your current Security programs.

* Have you a System Restore spot created PRIOR to this glitch commencing?