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not sure if this has anything to do with a virus

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  • 09-02-2009 10:41pm
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    moggser
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    ok i am using firefox browser and i like it no probs with it
    but it seems to be using a lot of cpu memory in the task manager is ther something in the back ground of firefox that shouldn be running or woul a virus be lurking al tho nothing gets picked up on scan


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    ActorSeeksJob
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    how much is it using ?

    Thats usually normal

    If you have loads of tabs or loads of add-ons running, FF uses a lot of resources


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    moggser
    Registered Users Posts: 5,090 ✭✭✭moggser


    ActorSeeksJob wrote: »
    how much is it using ?

    Thats usually normal

    If you have loads of tabs or loads of add-ons running, FF uses a lot of resources



    well it can be anywhere between 75,345k and at present it's pushin 89,786k 2 tabs runnin and it slows pc a lot at times


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    ActorSeeksJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭ActorSeeksJob


    thats normal-ish sadly

    K-Meleon is a good alternative that uses barely any resources


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    moggser
    Registered Users Posts: 5,090 ✭✭✭moggser


    is that a different browser?


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    ActorSeeksJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭ActorSeeksJob


    yes


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    Rebel021
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    or opera
    uses very little and very fast,
    Stay away from google chrome well I find it crap anyway


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    moggser
    Registered Users Posts: 5,090 ✭✭✭moggser


    thanx lads ill check out the melon opera seems to crash a lot with hotmail for some reason


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