firefox freezes

[boohbah]

pretty much most of the day i have been getting firefox not responding, then it greys out then i get a message about a script on the page with the option to continue or stop the script,its also the same on my desktop ,currently using laptop ,could it be anything to do with windows updates, im considering system restore, however i want my updates also.
any ideas most welcome
edit: Here's a funny thing since i posted i havent had any freezes . bet it starts freezing after this edit
edit 2 :haha wont you credit that , it think its a google thing as when i went googling after 1st edit it froze again im going to disable google enhance as it updated today and that may be the cause.

 

[boohbah]

its deffinately a google thing as it only freezes when i use google ,thats not good as i use it daily.and the rest of the family

 

[Jacee]

Let's see if we can find the cause ...

Download VEW by Vino Rosso http://images.malwareremoval.com/vino/VEW.exe
and save it to your desktop

Running Windows Vista or Windows 7 you will need to right click the file and select Run as administrator and click Continue or Allow at the User Account Control Prompt.

Click the check boxes next to Application and System located under Select log to query on the upper left

Under Select type to list on the right click the boxes next to Error and Warning Note: If running Windows Vista or Windows 7 also click the box next to Critical (not XP).
Under Number or date of events select Number of events and type 20 in the box next to 1 to 20 and click Run

Once it finishes it will display a log file in notepad
Please copy and paste its entire contents into your next reply

 

[boohbah]

Here y'go jaycee it did it again as i was sorting this out.
View attachment vew doc.txt

 

[boohbah]

Well as a temporary workaround i have installed google chrome and i have found most of the extensions that i use in firefox, im still getting used to the new browser but im rather impressed ,and its fairly quick also. so i may be a new convert

 

[mikedl]

Which version of FF were you attempting to use, boohbah? I don't see it mentioned in this thread as of this moment - or did I miss it?

 

[boohbah]

No i overlooked to say so ,i guess i assume that most folk keep their browser upto date ,so it is firefox 3.6.13

 

[mikedl]

Have you attempted a new profile? BTW, I do keep up-to-date. Look at my sig, you're a little behind.

 

[boohbah]

Thats the beta firefox ,minefield i think! and i uninstalled it when i realised that my extensions wouldnt work , ive just set up chrome and have everything .almost that i have in firefox, particularly roboform

 

[mikedl]

I guess this thread is solved then?

 

[boohbah]

Hmm ,well i would still like to get to the bottom of why after several years of being a happy loyal firefox user i am forced to switch browsers, and also if we can solve it with a fix then that will help future members with similar issue possibly.
im also not happy that to use my yahoo mail account successfully i have to switch to mail classic in order for it to function in chrome.

 

[Irene]

I guess this thread is solved then?

Maybe not...
I usually use FF - 3.6.13 - although my default is IE8. I tried to open Google in IE earlier and the bar across the top said that it had blocked "cross-site scripting" - this is the result:
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[Jacee]

Akamai NetSessions Removal:

The simplest and preferred method of removing NetSession interface is to use the Add or Remove Programs application.
1. In the Windows Control Panel, run Add or Remove Programs.
2. Select Akamai NetSession Interface
3. Click Change/Remove, then click Yes to confirm your choice.

Clients using Firefox:
Make sure they don't have the add-on FoxTorrent, which uses the RedSwoosh P2P client.

Remove the RedSwoosh EDN Client manually:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/star....exe-4430.html
http://www.spywaredb.com/remove-red-swoosh/

Also, flush your DNS cache:

Open an elevated command prompt (run as Administrator)
enter ipconfig /flushdns press 'enter'

​

 

[boohbah]

right i got rid of the akami netsession interface and flushed the cache ,i can't find any instances of redswoosh
at all , i certainly wouldnt have installed it ,we use bittorrent
and google is still playing up, i will try a reebot now i have flushed. brb
edit :so far so good i was able to click next in google and not have it freeze ,im wary of celebrating yet as i got bitten before ,i did it for 25 pages and went back 25 pages ,which was impossible before,however a big thank you jaycee for your input and taking the time to peruse my vew report. will keep you informed of progress, thanks again

 

[Jacee]

You're welcome, but please do keep us informed.

 

[boohbah]

well things are still looking promising at the moment jaycee so ,we are indebted to you ,lois(my wife ) send her thanks and says i must rep you,this goes without saying but i have to spread it around a little more before i can ...so watch this space.
heres some flowers in the meantime.

 

[boohbah]

Damn! it did it again

 

[Jacee]

Should I give back the lovely flowers?

 

[boohbah]

Not at all ,call them backdated for the hard work you put in here already.

 

[Jacee]

It looks like there may be a problem with resolving the DNS ... scroll down in the log and look at the items listed under: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'System' Log - Warning Type
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