The Digital Surgery (computer questions/problems here)

[richard]

I have a niggly problem when running Firefox along with Avast.

If an Avast scan kicks in while FF is running I occasionally get the following pop up

A script on this page may be busy or it may have stopped responding.
Script .....Chrome://browser/content/tabbrowser/xml:456

Continue or stop



It clears and continues if I either choose to continue or stop

I don't use Chrome so why does this occur please?

[Chromeman]

Chrome is actually the user interface of a browser, and the browser Chrome is named after that.

Firefox uses the name Chrome.

The error message is likely caused by an extension that has a bug. Here is a possible solution.

[buksida]

Tips for using Avast (for relatively competent internet users that don't click every flashing icon they see):

Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Uninstall/Change > Avast
Change > Next
Components > Remove them all
Real Time Shields > Keep them all

This will stop avast actively messing with your browser, but you have to be a little more careful with what you click/download.

[Pagey]

OK, Mozilla Firefox now installed. Thanks Chromeman for the tip on favourites, however, when installing Firefox it asks you if you want to import your favourites from IE, so I did it on installation.

Thanks all.

[Chromeman]

Yes, I guess it does ask that. I have not installed Firefox for many years, so I don't remember.

[Chromeman]

And with Firefox installed, a very important site for you would be Firefox Add-ons.

[Pagey]

Any essential add ons ??

[Chromeman]

If you don't like ads on webpages, then [url=httpps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/?src=hp-dl-mostpopular]Adblock Plus[/url] is a must!

For added security, you can your self decide on what pages you allow to run JavaScripts on your computer with NoScript.

I sometimes like to download videos from Youtube into mp3 or video files.

[buksida]

Any essential add ons ??

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=10190

Suggest you also read this: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=22382

[Pagey]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... wnthemall/

is that still the best downloader as your recommendation was in 2008 ?

[Chromeman]

Here you can see the most popular add ons.

[buksida]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... wnthemall/

is that still the best downloader as your recommendation was in 2008 ?

I still use it and it works fine.

[GLCQuantum]

Hello experts,

I have still yet to upgrade my Toshiba and, along with everything esle that's getting a bit sketchy with it, my You Tube videos now stutter. The sound continues to run but the video will pause for a second or two before it catches up.

Any suggestions folks or is it just out of date now and can't handle it?

[buksida]

Stuttering, hanging and freezing Youtube videos is usually down to a crappy internet connection, not the computer hardware.

[dtaai-maai]

Firefox keeps closing down for no apparent reason - i.e. not when I go to a specific website.
There is a plethora of advice available about similar problems with Firefox, but if I try all the suggestions, I'll be sitting here for a week.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled FF, I've run Avast and Malwarebytes scans.

Has anyone else had this problem?

And there is something called Delta Homes that I can't seem to get rid of, even though I've uninstalled it.