Why firefox crashes on many web sites

Firefox hangs at 100% on espn.com and several other sites, it seemed to happen after an update of flash. The use of the Mozilla site, I checked the plug-ins, and he said: everything is up-to-date or it says unknown on some plug-ins which I don't use. My flash is listed as being up-to-date. I have the latest version of Firefox 3.6.6 with VISTA.

URL of affected sites

http://ESPN.com (and many other sites)

Hello Mike.

It is possible that you have a problem with some Add on Firefox which is an obstacle to the normal behavior of your Firefox. Have you tried to disable all add-ons (just to see) to see if Firefox goes back to normal?

Whenever you have a problem with Firefox, whatever it is, you must make sure that it is not caused by one (or more) of your installed modules, whether an extension, a theme or a plugin. To do this easily and cleanly, start Firefox in safe mode (remember to select disable all add-ons when you start safe mode). If the problem goes away, you know that it's an add-on. Disable them all in normal mode and allow them one by one until you find the source of the problem. See this article for more information on troubleshooting extensions and theme and this one for plugins.

If you need help with one of your modules, you will need to contact the author.

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