My Firefox was working fine yesterday, but now freezes at certain pages...?

Question

I've been using Firefox for about a year and I've been very happy with it- I love using tabs, I pick up less adware/spyware than when I use Internet Explorer, and it seems to run faster. (I don't *despise* IE or anything, but I just prefer Firefox). Anyway, I downloaded version 2 either the day or the day after it came out (I forget, sorry), and it's been working perfectly until literally this morning. Most pages work, but if I go to certain pages (examples: the Yahoo mail login page or my AOL mail inbox), it just won't load and I have to use alt-control-delete to close it. I tried running it in safe mode, but the same exact thing happened. These pages work fine on IE, though, which is what I'm using right now. Anyone know what I can do to fix it? I'm ultra lazy/impatient and I'd rather not be stuck using tabless/laggy old IE for the rest of eternity. Thank you! ^_^

PS: I'm not overly computer savvy, so try to dumb it down a bit if possible ;)

Answer 1

I suggest that you try to carryout system restore to a day previous to the day when there was no virus or any problems. It may be a few weeks or months back. You have to decide the date. Detailed instructions are posted at http://fixit.in/systemrestore.html
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Answer 2

FYI - IE7 now uses tabs

On to the firefox issue. It's kinda hard to say for sure unless we know more information. From the sounds of it, Firefox crashes everytime you visit a page that relies on a form. This could mean just a simple uninstall of firefox and reinstall it. This usually solves most browser-based problems.

If that doesnt' work - try checking the Firefox discussion forums to see if there is a common problem with Firefox.