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Thread ID: 102144 2009-08-08 11:29:00 Firefox is Sucking up 380MB of memory!! justinsg (11165) Press F1
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799433 2009-08-08 11:29:00 Why is my Firefox 3.5.2 sucking up sooooo much memory? Its just ridiculous justinsg (11165)
799434 2009-08-08 11:33:00 Could be an addon. How many addons have you installed? And how many tabs are open? Speedy Gonzales (78)
799435 2009-08-08 11:38:00 Most likely an addon or a corrupt profile.

To find out which, open run>firefox.exe -safe-mode

Ifs its still eating up lots of memory, then its a corrupt profile. If not, its an addon

Blam
Blam (54)
799436 2009-08-08 11:53:00 Could be an addon. How many addons have you installed? And how many tabs are open?

Cheers, Safe mode solved it - I can open 7 tabs of rich content websites without breaking 80mb

Which Addon would be worst?

Adblock Plus
AVG SafeSearch
DownThemAll
Greasemonkey
Java Quick Starter
ReloadEvery
Remove It Permenantly
SHOUTcast Radio Toolbar
SkipScreen
Skype Extension
Skype
Stylish
User Agent Switcher
Web Developer
Winamp Toolbar
justinsg (11165)
799437 2009-08-08 12:00:00 You'll have to disable them one by one to work it out.... Blam (54)
799438 2009-08-08 12:02:00 You'll have to disable them one by one to work it out....

Don't worry - I've uninstalled the unexpected ones and now its running well down at 74mb

Cheers guys,
Justinsg
justinsg (11165)
799439 2009-08-08 12:07:00 :)

Glad to here its sorted
Blam (54)
799440 2009-08-08 13:01:00 The Skype ones are supposed to be quite bad... beeswax34 (63)
799441 2009-08-08 21:55:00 Yup they're nasty, and the Java QS Chilling_Silence (9)
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