It updated this morning and as I was watching its suggesting for add on's I picked one..it installed it but the whole tool bar for those add on's is now gone...:( I don't know what happened. I had to restart FF after adding the add on and it came back with that whole toolbar missing. The toolbar also had my email icon which would show when I had emails..now I have no idea if I do or not. It also had a weather icon showing the temperature and type of weather, like rain or snow. Can't see that either since the tool bar is gone. Also it had my controls for pop's up and that sort of thing.

Another odd thing..usually when I click on a link it opens a new tab for me..now instead its opening a whole new window and I have to lower my main one to get to it. It won't switch back and forth between the two...meaning, while I see it listed at the bottom on the page it won't come up if I click on it. I did not change these settings. I know they can be changed to the option of opening a new tab or a new window..I didn't change it so I don't know why its doing this.

Is anyone else having problems with the latest firefox update?

And does anyone have any idea how to fix these problems? Mostly I want my toolbar back..:help:

God bless

I think going to safe mode and resetting the toolbar contorls may work, give it a try.


http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Toolbar+keeps+resetting

I think going to safe mode and resetting the toolbar contorls may work, give it a try.


http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Toolbar+keeps+resetting

Thanks..it came back on the next day..after I had shut down the computer for the night. But now my computer is running very slow for some reason. My anti virus ran all morning...doesn't usually do that..I finally had to stop it because once in awhile it seems to get stuck ..so now I am running my adware to see if I have some bug cause when I type fast it doesn't even show for a few seconds. Been like that all day even after I restarted it. Now my adware program usually takes less then an hour...its been running over three hours now. So I don't know what the deal is. :cool:

Thanks..it came back on the next day..after I had shut down the computer for the night. But now my computer is running very slow for some reason. My anti virus ran all morning...doesn't usually do that..I finally had to stop it because once in awhile it seems to get stuck ..so now I am running my adware to see if I have some bug cause when I type fast it doesn't even show for a few seconds. Been like that all day even after I restarted it. Now my adware program usually takes less then an hour...its been running over three hours now. So I don't know what the deal is. :cool:
More than likely it's the addon or update for firefox. If it continues to be slow try disabling the addon. firefox knows about these compatiblities issues.

You might also try system restore, to that point just before you downloaded the new add-on.

Otherwise, I would recommend completely uninstalling FF, then going to computer>Local Disk (c)>Properties>Disk Clean-up.

Then restart your pc, and see how it's operating without FF.

Run complete virus scan.

If everything seems okay at that point, then you might try reinstalling FF, without this new add-on, for the time being.

Ok I uninstalled the add on I had going on and that seems to be helping..at least on pages loading alot faster. I rebooted the computer but the 'babylon translator' is still showing when I right click my mouse and I can see its still affecting my typing as I type this there is still a lag off and on. I can even see the smilies to the right freezing for a couple of seconds, then they start moving again. I may have to shut it completely down, then start it to get that completely cleared off. ugh.

See since due to my Christian video's on youtube and other places I end up interacting with people speaking other languages in which I usually go to the bablefish website to translate what they are saying. I thought this would be a nice tool to have instead of having to go to that website all the time. I can just highlight what I want translated and it has a tiny window that does that. But this is driving me crazy having my computer go so slow like this.

So anyway HOPEFULLY once I shut it completely down then bring it back up that translator will be gone and quit slowing my typing up so much like this.

If not..I may be doing as you guys suggested...:cool:

I am testing to see if this is working better....so far so good. I double check the tools and it appeared I didn't get it all uninstalled..so I did that then restarted firefox and now the translator thing is gone and so far so lagging when I type...yea!

Well I was wrong. It wasn't long after that it started lagging again. I have a question. Is it possible that if its firefox it could make my antivirius run very slowly too? sorry about my spelling..my spell checker isn't working as my computer is really slow right now. Going to reboot and see if that helps. I can barely type on here.

I think I have a virus...don't know what else it could be. I have never had any problems with firefox and no one else is posting they are having problems with the update. So I will keep trying to find it. :( Right now I am running SuperAntiSpyware program.

Yes, it is possible to slow down everything, including anti-virus, if there is a bug with the download.

I think in this case I would attempt a system restore to a point just before the add-on.

Then we should see how things turn out before trying another step. A virus can migrate across system restore points, but it's best to see if it is a virus first.

Yes, it is possible to slow down everything, including anti-virus, if there is a bug with the download.

I think in this case I would attempt a system restore to a point just before the add-on.

Then we should see how things turn out before trying another step. A virus can migrate across system restore points, but it's best to see if it is a virus first.

My system restore hasn't worked in years though...:cool: all I found was more cookies. No viruses.

I really think at this point I would uninstall FF. Then, after cleaning up the disk (per post #5), restart your pc and see how things look. If ok, then I'd reinstall FF.

Big hassle, I know... but I've seen it work elsewhere.

I really think at this point I would uninstall FF. Then, after cleaning up the disk (per post #5), restart your pc and see how things look. If ok, then I'd reinstall FF.

Big hassle, I know... but I've seen it work elsewhere.

My concerns about doing this is losing all my bookmarks..would that happen or not?

You would loose your bookmarks, unfortunately. But if perhaps you could copy them somewheres, or perhaps write down the urls. Or even better, you could put all your bookmarks on IE, then redo them on FF.

Would also recommend, after, doing a complete DiskCheck. Go to Computer>Local Disk (c)>Properties>Tools<Check now (check both boxes) and restart your pc and wait for checkdsc to finish.

You can go to Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks -> Import and Backup. That way you have your bookmarks, I use to do this than got xmarks ext which saves them for me :)

Ok I will see what I can do tomorrow..just haven't felt well enough the last couple of days to try it. Thanks again.

Ok I uninstalled fire fox and then re-installed it..didn't lose any of my bookmarks and even my add on's were still there...:hmm: And I can tell its still lagging. The lagging gets worse the longer I am on the net too...to the point I have to reboot to clear things so I can type again. Another note..my AVG did find two back door Trojans the other day. And put them in the vault. And really strange this is while my antivirus has been taking hours and hours to run, that day it only ran for an hour and was done..:hmm: Today it was back to running for hours again.

So I have no more ideas about what to do. This all just makes me think of a virus that sucks up the power in the computer making it run slower and slower but with those I am usually getting a ton of pop ups and I am not with this. I just don't know what else to do.

Any ideas?

Oh I did post for help on firefox but gotten no replies. And they have nothing about firefox slowing down the internet connection.

I used to use AVG, but went with Avast. I found out that some of the colleges around here, and there are several, who use Avast. I also have Firefox. No problems with it...

I do really like Avast for virus protection, pop ups, adware and all that garbage.

I used to use AVG, but went with Avast. I found out that some of the colleges around here, and there are several, who use Avast. I also have Firefox. No problems with it...

I do really like Avast for virus protection, pop ups, adware and all that garbage.

Ok it says it has a free download..but I find with alot of these free downloads they won't actually get rid of anything unless you pay for it. So it is free or not? Thanks.

At the moment I think my computer is running worse then before I uninstalled then reinstalled firefox..:( The response to my clicking on anything is very slow or not at all...:B

About all I know is I am getting really frustrated...

If the problem gets worse and worse while your posting, then it sounds like you still have a virus. Those two back-door viruses your avg found pretty much point to more.

Your avg should find them however, unless you have a virus that is disabling your avg, which is likely.

Microsoft has a free anti-virus program which is pretty good and which runs pretty quickly:

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx

Might give it a try, if you can get your browser to work.

Ok it says it has a free download..but I find with alot of these free downloads they won't actually get rid of anything unless you pay for it. So it is free or not? Thanks.

At the moment I think my computer is running worse then before I uninstalled then reinstalled firefox..:( The response to my clicking on anything is very slow or not at all...:B

About all I know is I am getting really frustrated...

I use the free edition. Have you defragmented recently?

If the problem gets worse and worse while your posting, then it sounds like you still have a virus. Those two back-door viruses your avg found pretty much point to more.

Your avg should find them however, unless you have a virus that is disabling your avg, which is likely.

Microsoft has a free anti-virus program which is pretty good and which runs pretty quickly:

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx

Might give it a try, if you can get your browser to work.

ok thanks..downloading it now.


I use the free edition. Have you defragmented recently?

yes I did a defragment just the other day.

If the problem gets worse and worse while your posting, then it sounds like you still have a virus. Those two back-door viruses your avg found pretty much point to more.

Your avg should find them however, unless you have a virus that is disabling your avg, which is likely.

Microsoft has a free anti-virus program which is pretty good and which runs pretty quickly:

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx

Might give it a try, if you can get your browser to work.

I can say it works really great. I installed it on a clients computer and it picked up all the viruses and Trojans.

Ok I uninstalled fire fox and then re-installed it..didn't lose any of my bookmarks and even my add on's were still there...:hmm: And I can tell its still lagging. The lagging gets worse the longer I am on the net too...to the point I have to reboot to clear things so I can type again. Another note..my AVG did find two back door Trojans the other day. And put them in the vault. And really strange this is while my antivirus has been taking hours and hours to run, that day it only ran for an hour and was done..:hmm: Today it was back to running for hours again.

So I have no more ideas about what to do. This all just makes me think of a virus that sucks up the power in the computer making it run slower and slower but with those I am usually getting a ton of pop ups and I am not with this. I just don't know what else to do.

Any ideas?

Oh I did post for help on firefox but gotten no replies. And they have nothing about firefox slowing down the internet connection.

In addition to uninstallling firefox you also have to remove or rename your profile info, that's why everything was still there when you reinstalled.


Removing user profile data

Note: Starting in Firefox 3, on Windows systems you can use the Firefox uninstaller option, "Remove my Firefox personal data and customizations" (see above) instead of the following instructions to remove all Firefox user profile data. [5]

This step is only recommended if you want to completely remove Firefox from your system, and you do not want to save any of your data. This will remove your Firefox user profile data, which includes bookmarks, passwords, cookies, preference settings and added extensions.

Rename (or delete) the Firefox folder in the default profile path (or move it to a backup location). For example, on Windows XP, click the "Start" button, select "Run", type in %APPDATA% and click "OK" to open the hidden "Application Data" folder, then open the "Mozilla" folder and rename the "Firefox" folder.

Caution: Make sure that you rename the entire Firefox profile folder, which includes the profiles.ini file that keeps track of profiles. Do not simply rename or delete the profile folder that contains your user data, as doing so can result in a "profile in use" or "already running" message when you next attempt to run Firefox

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox

Before you do this though make a backup of your bookmarks so you can import them into the new install.

Ok thanks on the firefox thing..right now though I am running that Microsoft scan. The quick scan didn't find anything so I am doing the full scan but its even being affected by this lag...so it might take some time. So right now I just want to do one thing at a time.

Moonglow, if that doesn't pick anything up, just in case, you should also try the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, running a full scan...

http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.aspx

...before you do a bunch of other stuff.

click: "Skip the details and download the tool"

It updated this morning and as I was watching its suggesting for add on's I picked one..it installed it but the whole tool bar for those add on's is now gone...:( I don't know what happened. I had to restart FF after adding the add on and it came back with that whole toolbar missing. The toolbar also had my email icon which would show when I had emails..now I have no idea if I do or not. It also had a weather icon showing the temperature and type of weather, like rain or snow. Can't see that either since the tool bar is gone. Also it had my controls for pop's up and that sort of thing.

Another odd thing..usually when I click on a link it opens a new tab for me..now instead its opening a whole new window and I have to lower my main one to get to it. It won't switch back and forth between the two...meaning, while I see it listed at the bottom on the page it won't come up if I click on it. I did not change these settings. I know they can be changed to the option of opening a new tab or a new window..I didn't change it so I don't know why its doing this.

Is anyone else having problems with the latest firefox update?

And does anyone have any idea how to fix these problems? Mostly I want my toolbar back..:help:

God bless

I used to love FireFox. I had so many issues with it that I quit using it. If you want an alternative to Explorer, Safari is working good at the present.

Ok it says it has a free download..but I find with alot of these free downloads they won't actually get rid of anything unless you pay for it. So it is free or not? Thanks.

At the moment I think my computer is running worse then before I uninstalled then reinstalled firefox..:( The response to my clicking on anything is very slow or not at all...:B

About all I know is I am getting really frustrated...

The ONLY 'catch' with the free version of Avast is that the make you re-register every 1 - 2 years.
But they do that with the paid ones to so your not getting treated different, in that respect.
It's more of the only licenses free or paid only last for a maximum of 2 years.
Then it's renewal time, which is very simple.

Ok I uninstalled fire fox and then re-installed it..didn't lose any of my bookmarks and even my add on's were still there...:hmm: And I can tell its still lagging. The lagging gets worse the longer I am on the net too...to the point I have to reboot to clear things so I can type again. Another note..my AVG did find two back door Trojans the other day. And put them in the vault. And really strange this is while my antivirus has been taking hours and hours to run, that day it only ran for an hour and was done..:hmm: Today it was back to running for hours again.

So I have no more ideas about what to do. This all just makes me think of a virus that sucks up the power in the computer making it run slower and slower but with those I am usually getting a ton of pop ups and I am not with this. I just don't know what else to do.

Any ideas?

Oh I did post for help on firefox but gotten no replies. And they have nothing about firefox slowing down the internet connection.

What probly happened it that like a lot of uninstallers out there.

1) It coulden't delete something that it didn't so that got left behind.
Or
2) There was a error dering uninstall and the uninstaller just gave of and left the files the instead of finishing the uninselation.

If you know where firefox is installed (if you have a shourtcut you can find out by right-click and selecting proporties then open file location).

The file location is not always cleaned up by uninstallers, even / sphaly ones from M$ and norton!ware.

So you must delete the files yourself or get a special program / special friend to do it for you.

So you may want to try to uninstall firefox again this time,
1) BACKUP the bookmarks and anything you care about.
2) Use shortcut to determine firefox's location if you don't know it already.
3) uninstall firefox.
4) reboot - some files can't be deleted until a reboot this is also why some uninstallers leave files behind.
5) look for / at firefox's old location and delete any file / folders you find.
6) reboot

I'm not saying that it is true in your case moonglow.
But slowdowns and other weirdness can be caused by malware / spyware just as easy as by viruses.
A good free anti-malware + anti-spyware program is Spybot S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html)
The only real downside that I can see to it is that it doesn't have an auto update.
At least not as a basic setting only in the advanced settings.

Ok I ran the Microsoft security one..the full scan which like I said before was also being affected by the lag..until I closed firefox completely that is, then it went so much faster. It only found three risk it said and removed those but the lag is still there. :( So I will try the Malicious Software Removal Tool one next and see how that goes before I do the other things people have suggested. Thanks everyone for your help. FF has been fine for me..up until this. :B

There is your problem, Kiddo. If MS Malicious Software Removal does not clear it up, completely uninstalling FF, restarting your pc, and then running the Microsoft Essentials again, before reinstalling FF should clean things up.

Some of these viruses tend to reproduce, and as long as they are in FF you'll keep getting more. When you reinstall FF, it will be virus free. But, like Sammy and NewinChrist said, FF needs to be completely un-installed first.

There is your problem, Kiddo. If MS Malicious Software Removal does not clear it up, completely uninstalling FF, restarting your pc, and then running the Microsoft Essentials again, before reinstalling FF should clean things up.

Some of these viruses tend to reproduce, and as long as they are in FF you'll keep getting more. When you reinstall FF, it will be virus free. But, like Sammy and NewinChrist said, FF needs to be completely un-installed first.

I wish I was a kiddo..lol. Gee you made me feel young again..;):lol: I did the quick scan on MS and it didn't find anything...so tomorrow I will probably uninstall ff then do all this you suggested. ugh.

One more thing you can do, Julie, is after you go to control panel and uninstall FF, you can run a Search for anything with "Fire" in name of the file.

Go to start>Search>All files and folders>then type fire in the top box and hit search and wait.

Delete every file Search finds if it looks related to FF. (first click then right click on each file and click delete.)

Moonglow

What addon did you add? Some third party addon's will cause these problems. It may in fact still be running in the back ground even after you disable or uninstalled it.

To check open "Windows Task Manager" under Processes there should be image name that is still running, but to be sure let me now which addon extension.

http://tnerd.com/2008/11/15/firefox-running-slow-problematic-extensions-could-be-the-reason/

Moonglow

What addon did you add? Some third party addon's will cause these problems. It may in fact still be running in the back ground even after you disable or uninstalled it.

To check open "Windows Task Manager" under Processes there should be image name that is still running, but to be sure let me now which addon extension.

http://tnerd.com/2008/11/15/firefox-running-slow-problematic-extensions-could-be-the-reason/

Hey thanks. I will check that out..but it will have to be tomorrow..bedtime now and I am tired. I didn't uninstall FF today because I had too many other things going on.

God bless

Ok I disabled several extension and will see how that goes..:) This morning it was so bad..lagging so badly I could hardly do anything. Had to close ff then restart it..which helped a little but still lagging. Anyway I disabled mostly the AVG link scanner and so far it seem to be doing ok. Will see how it goes.

FireShot Pro was the extension that messed my install up. Once disabled and now uninstalled, I don't have a problem.

Alternatively, you could try Google Chrome which works 10x faster and now also has a ton of add-ons like Firefox does...

FireShot Pro was the extension that messed my install up. Once disabled and now uninstalled, I don't have a problem.

I didn't have fireshot pro on mine. Glad you figured it out. I did know that the AVG link scanner was blocking video's from being uploaded to youtube but it could be disabled until the video was up then turned back on. But with the lastest firefox update...well that is when I started having problems. I disabled more then just that though..I might try turning that bad on and see if messes up again..if it doesn't it might be one of the other add on's.


Alternatively, you could try Google Chrome which works 10x faster and now also has a ton of add-ons like Firefox does..

Ok I might look into that..thanks.

I did know that the AVG link scanner was blocking video's from being uploaded to youtube but it could be disabled until the video was up then turned back on. But with the lastest firefox update...well that is when I started having problems. I disabled more then just that though..I might try turning that bad on and see if messes up again..if it doesn't it might be one of the other add on's.

Ok I might look into that..thanks.

Another reason I went with Avast (http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download).

A lot of protection and minimum resources used.
The other thing is I wounder if there is a AVG + FF conflict.

But like I said I use Avast (http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download) both at home and work.
And can tell you that it has A lot of protection.
But is VERY compatible with ALL of the programs ( and use A lot and a broad spectrum of types) I use at home and work.

And that goes for the free (http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download) and paid versions.

Another reason I went with Avast (http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download).

A lot of protection and minimum resources used.
The other thing is I wounder if there is a AVG + FF conflict.

But like I said I use Avast (http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download) both at home and work.
And can tell you that it has A lot of protection.
But is VERY compatible with ALL of the programs ( and use A lot and a broad spectrum of types) I use at home and work.

And that goes for the free (http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download) and paid versions.

Thanks!............

What version of firefox? with update. It may come down to uninstalling that version update and downloading or rolling back to the previous version.

What version of firefox? with update. It may come down to uninstalling that version update and downloading or rolling back to the previous version.

No its ok now..I followed your suggestion and went through that site showing what extensions caused problems and I disabled a number of them..the AVG link scanner, grease monkey and fast video down loader and its working great now! :pp No more lags!! yeah!! :pp:pp

So thank you! :hug:

No its ok now..I followed your suggestion and went through that site showing what extensions caused problems and I disabled a number of them..the AVG link scanner, grease monkey and fast video down loader and its working great now! :pp No more lags!! yeah!! :pp:pp

So thank you! :hug:


grease monkey :lol: I would have taught it should run faster.;)

grease monkey :lol: I would have taught it should run faster.;)

very funny...:lol::lol::rolleyes: