Firefox hangs on exit

Colonel Travis

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When I exit FF the browser vanishes like normal but remains active in the background for several seconds. It's not often that I want to open FF immediately after I close it, but it's happened enough for me to notice this hang.

It's done this with 3.0.5 and 3.0.6. Anyone encounter this?
 

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Colonel Travis 5000
OS
Black Label 7 x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II X6 1055t
Motherboard
GA-890FXA-UD5
Memory
8GB Corsair XMS3
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD 6790
Sound Card
X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro
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Acer AJ15
Screen Resolution
1600x900
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB |
Corsair Force GT SSD 120 GB |
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WD Caviar Green SATA 500GB
PSU
OCZ ModXStream 700W
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50 billion case fans
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35Mbps/35Mbps
I'm using Windows 7 (7600 Build) and Firefox occasionally hangs for me too, and I have to use the task manager to close it again.
I upgraded from Vista and am wondering whether a complete re-install of Firefox would be advisable? I'm using the latest version of Firefox 3.5.5
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
Motherboard
ALiveNF6G-VSTA
Memory
4GB DDR2 800
Graphics Card(s)
GEFORCE 8600GT 256MB
Sound Card
ONBOARD
Monitor(s) Displays
17" TEO TL766
Hard Drives
156GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG SP1604N/R ATA Device (PATA)
161GB Hitachi HDT722516DLAT80 ATA Device (PATA)
313GB Western Digital WDC WD32 00BEVT-75ZCT SCSI Disk Device (ATA)
244GB Hitachi Hitachi HDT725025VLA SCSI Disk Device (ATA)
Cooling
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
I have noticed this on both Vista and Windows 7. It's annoying. You shut Firefox down and then when you try to restart it a few minutes later, you get an error message saying it is already running. A check of task manager shows it is eating up 50% of CPU cycles.

I upgraded to Firefox 3.5.4 a few days ago and don't think I have noticed it since, but that may be a coincidence?
 

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
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