Mozilla Problems - Speak of the Devil!

[Naph]

Anyone else getting frequent unexplainable Don't Send Error reports and abnormally slow browsing speeds?!

I sure am, is there a notable fix?

Edit:// Scanning with NAV08 and Adaware now.
HOLY SHIT MY TASK BAR JUST DIED, I must have a virus. Unless Adaware did it.!?!?!?!?

 

[Xendance]

Anyone else getting frequent unexplainable Don't Send Error reports and abnormally slow browsing speeds?!

I sure am, is there a notable fix?

Edit:// Scanning with NAV08 and Adaware now.
HOLY SHIT MY TASK BAR JUST DIED, I must have a virus. Unless Adaware did it.!?!?!?!?

You mean Firefox, yes?

And yeah, I get them frequently whatever version I use.

 

[Trooper]

No, not getting these issues with Firefox. Make sure your machine is fully up to date. You may also want to try starting Firefox in safe mode and/or deleting your profile and creating a new one. Just be sure to backup your bookmarks first.

 

[giant384]

i havent had any problems on the latest firefox(not beta)

 

[Asus]

I have not had any issues with the FF3 betas. In FF2, flash would sometimes cause mine to crash. Or maybe it was sun's java. idk

 

[Naph]

OK, I've found out that my computer is affected. Today I got a pop up, but it masked itself in a tab on firefox. I also got this intrusion attempt simultaneously:

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/670/virusub0.jpg

Firefox has these errors: Slow Browse speed
Tabs often lock up, disable all activity and only allowing to close them.
Freezing and giving me a don't send error report.

I'll reinstall Firefox after I post this.

 

[Naph]

I've decided to reformat and install vista in the process.

If you don't hear from me in a month, send Link.

 

[VirusType2]

I've had my XP installed for a long, long time. I've had dozens of hidden trojans detected by AVG free antivirus.

Main thing is to have a good firewall and a good Anti-virus program. Because once they are installed, well, they do things like hide in your recovery and make it so that you roll back it re-installs the backdoor.

When it comes to firewalls, Sunbelt has a good free version, as well as Zone Alarm.

These 3 that I've mentioned are some of the best rated ones, and they have free versions. I don't know if they have Vista versions, but they should.

Also, install Spybot S&D Resident


I see you have norton. We don't like Norton. The free version of norton is worse than useless IMO.


I'm not sure If you need to re-install, but yes, that should get 99% of anything. Some vicious ones out there that hide on the end sectors of your HDD though, and I'm not sure if formating will get it. I wouldn't worry about that though. LIke I said, if you have a good anti-virus and good firewall, the damn thing will never get installed.

 

[Naph]

I reinstalled and it's fine.

 

[Unfocused]

Yep.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7057/sotdwh6.jpg

This time it was one of the minor crashes, where all I have to do is drag the window down so it doesn't cover my screen. Other times it just quits with no warning, or stops responding.

Started getting those crashes about 2 weeks ago, be it FF2 or FF3 beta.