firefox randomly refusing to load any pages

[Furah]

About a week or so ago firefox (3.06) once randomly stopped loading any pages, and also paused all downloads. Infact with my wireless network meter it showed no data being uploaded/downloaded. I restarted my computer (Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit) and firefox was working again, so I thought nothing of it.

 

 

 

Now it keeps doing it, and will only be fixed by restarting my computer, closing and reopening, ending the process and loging off don't work. I have even reinstalled version 3.03, incase it was an issue with version 3.06, which it was. I only have 1 system restore point, which was made after the issues started. It most commonly occurs if I leave the computer idle or hibernate/sleep mode, such as when I go to eat dinner/lunch/breakfast or go do something away from the computer. Nothing else seems to be affected, as I can still use MSN, IE and connect to the web.

 

 

 

Does anybody know how to fix this issue? Any help would be appreciated, but do NOT tell me to use another browser, only firefox has all the add-ons I use.

[Dracion1]

You said it was an issue with 3.0.6, so perhaps look for a version of 3.0.5 or switch to 3.1b3? (Some of your addons will not work if you choose this though.)

 

 

 

All I can think of asking is, do the problems still happen when your hardwired to your router, and have you checked to make sure you have't got any malware?

[Furah]

You said it was an issue with 3.0.6, so perhaps look for a version of 3.0.5 or switch to 3.1b3? (Some of your addons will not work if you choose this though.)

 

 

 

All I can think of asking is, do the problems still happen when your hardwired to your router, and have you checked to make sure you have't got any malware?

 

 

 

I went back to 3.03 with no improvements, and I use the Web of Trust add-on, and will only browse on the sites on it that appear as light or dark green, and I am very cautious what I download, so malware seems very unlikely, but could your reccomend a good anti-malware program anyways?

 

 

 

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[doomy]

I thinks its a common problem, my brother had the same thing. I can't remember how it got going again.

[Wongtong]

Hrm actually, I think I have the same problem.

 

Do the pages load perfectly fine for a period of time then stop loading at all, yet pages still load on IE?

 

 

 

I've been trying to find a solution, I found a thread on firefox earlier this month..

 

 

 

Here are some helpful links:

 

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-searchi ... s=load&sa=

 

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Fir ... ograms+can

 

 

 

I have to go to bed now though so I can't spend any time looking for many specific boards; sorry!

 

 

 

P.S Have you been tweaking Firefox to attempt to get it faster?

[Furah]

Hrm actually, I think I have the same problem.

 

Do the pages load perfectly fine for a period of time then stop loading at all, yet pages still load on IE?

 

 

 

I've been trying to find a solution, I found a thread on firefox earlier this month..

 

 

 

Here are some helpful links:

 

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-searchi ... s=load&sa=

 

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Fir ... ograms+can

 

 

 

I have to go to bed now though so I can't spend any time looking for many specific boards; sorry!

 

 

 

P.S Have you been tweaking Firefox to attempt to get it faster?

 

Thanks for the links, ddi everything it said to do in the 2nd one, so I am hoping it will work just fine now.

 

I did tweak firefox, but that was only because it randomly redfused to load any pages

 

 

 

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