JB COMP

Does anyone know why FireFox would start using more memory then it used to?

A few months ago Iwould always have lik 10 - 12 tabs open all day and FF would only use 90,000 - 140,000 memory (in the task manger) but since a few months ago I started closing some of the tabs Ihad open and now I only have 3 - 6 tabs open and FF is using 160,000 - 250,000 memory.

One of the reason Istarted using FF instead of IE was because FF used less memory than IE, but now FF is using just as much.

Ihaven't changed anything since when it was using the less memory to now, when it using a lot more. Istill have only 36 processes like I normally do.

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MadManAndrew

Hmm...I don't know what to tell you. I've got 3 tabs open and its running at 83,000.Don't know why it would suddenly jump, especially if you have less tabs open.

JB COMP

Its at 260,000 with only 5 tabs, no graphics, games, or anything that uses a lot of memory open in any of those 5 tabs.

Also I'm running FF 3.0.11. I had FF 3.5 Beta 4 but it changed back to 3.0.11 be its self the day after I installed 3.5

I ran a registry cleaner, and defragmented my drive to day to try and get it to run faster, but no luck really. I run virus scans every week (AVG 8.5, and Spy bot) and no viruses.

Yeah! post number 4444

MadManAndrew

Whats it go to when you only have 1 tab open?

JB COMP

Closed all tabs and waited a few minutes and it dropped to 228,000

When I first time my computer on and open FF it starts out at 28k then goes to 50k, 70k, 90k, 120k, 130k, 160k and then about an hour or so later its up to 180k - 220k+ and stays there all day.

jikkuria

try google chrome, i have 5 tabs open at 57k

Dorsal

My Feedback: (17)

How many addons, themes and plugins do you have and run?
I've got 5 tabs (all forums) with 7 addons, no themes and 23 plugins running and Firefox is at 161,554.

sheograth

FF is just a RAM hog no matter how you look at it.

pythonfan

My Feedback: (1)

well what os you running?

on my xp machine with 6tabs open i am using 108-112k stable

I'm on vista 64bit right now with 6 and one pop out window and its using 120-122k

JB COMP

15 plug-ins, 3 add-on (no scripts, AVG safe search and Yoyo games player) and no themes.

I'm running XP SP3.

Sheo, FF has never been a memory hog before.

JB COMP

I downloaded FF 3.5 b99 and it's using just as much as 3.0.11.

Would my anti virus cause FF to use a lot of memory?

Off topic question. Where does FF store bookmarks?

Nik.

avg safe search is bad, and noscipt is unnescesary. all you need is adblock +

JB COMP

Iturned off AVG safe search and I'll se what that does. I'm not too sure about doing anway with noscript though, its kept a few viruses off my computer.

JB COMP

Anyone know how to back up or copy the bookmarks in FF? I can't find where FF stores them, and there's a lot I don't want to lose if I remove FF.

snowbl!nd

Bookmarks > Organise Bookmarks > Import and Backup

JB COMP

Thanks.

For some reason it only lets me save it as .json or .html (all book marks in one html page) atleast Igot them some where if I do end up removing FF.


Ialtered the config inFFand told it to stop storing cache in the memory and after a few hoursit was 220,000, but now its only 160,000 (it was 220mb about 10 min ago, and now its 160) weird.

Incase someone wants to know how to change the config you just type about:config in the location bar.

Dialed_In

Have a look through this linky. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Reducing_memory_usage_(Firefox)

P.S. Keep NoScript as the more I learn about exploits the more they depend on javascript, Flash, etc. If that method doesn't work then they try to throw a PDF or download your way.

Edit: Here is how to backup and restore your bookmarks. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up...arks_-_Firefox

JB COMP

Please delete this post.

JB COMP

I was working in PS (PhotoShop) a few minutes ago and noticed that it was using a lot more memory than usual too. I've never seen PS using more than 150mb, but just now (after only using the program for 30minutes tops) it was using 400mb.

Anyone have an idea what's going on here?

pythonfan

My Feedback: (1)

i think you might have something running hidden in the background that's causing it to flux, if anything i would check for a virus or adware or something cause if its jumping that much then something other then the prog itself causing the issue.

JB COMP

Igot the latest verions of Spybot and AVG8.5. I'll run those and then try Ad aware and Avast to see if they can find anything.

Is "prog""program"?

Ttam Says Blarg

Sounds like a trojan to me.

Dialed_In

MalwareBytes anti-malware and SuperAntiSpyware both have free versions that are good to scan with and remove malware. The free versions are for scanning only and provide no real time protection.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

http://www.superantispyware.com/

I also would not install two anti-virus (AVG and Avast) applications on your computer at the same time. Keep whatever your normal anti-virus is and if you want a 2nd opinion use an online scanner. The ESET (NOD32) online scanner seems to be good.

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

Or you could use Trend Micro HouseCall online scan.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

JB COMP

I did full scans with AVG, Spybot and Ad-aware and none of them found anything.

FF still jumps around in memory usage from 170mb to 250mb (with out me opening or closing any tabs.)

Dialed_In

No offense but AVG, Spybot and Ad-aware aren't the best for securing and scanning you computer. For a real time anti-virus I would choose Avast or Avira free over AVG. For free anti-malware/spyware scanners I would recommend MalwareBytes, SuperAntiSpyware and A-Squared.

I also recommend visiting Secunia's site to do an online scan for vulnerable programs you may be running. They have an online scan or a downloadable version you can use. It will let you know if Windows, Flash Player, Java, Media players, etc are up to date. Here is the link. http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/

As far as Firefox's memory usage, did you look at the first link in post #17?