WebContent Safari using GB of memory

We have an older MacBook with 8 GB of RAM (the maximum allowed), and it is often very slow. When I check in the activity monitor, I often find a process of "com.apple.WebKit.WebContent" using a lot of memory: 1, 2 or even once 16 GB of memory.

For example, right now I see this process:

com.apple.WebKit.WebContent 1.98 GB 1.94 GB 15 267 4542 user 101.0 MB 0.2 7:12.22 4 bytes 64-0 bytes byte 0 bit 0 byte 0 0 0 -No bytes no 0 0 bytes No Yes 0 bytes No Yes

Is it possible to stop the web pages using ridiculous amounts of memory in Safari?

Thank you

++ Eric

Run EtreCheck and post the report here.

http://etresoft.com/etrecheck

Download, open the download folder, click on it to open it and select 'open '.

'' Choose a problem '' in the box on the shortcut menu, and then "Start EtreCheck" in the dialog box.

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