Does Firefox for XP Have a Memory Leak?

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I'm noticing of late that since an upgrade of Firefox, it's memory usage has ballooned. My PC was going slowly so I checked the task manager just now and sure enough, there was Firefox using 687MB of RAM doing nothing more than just browsing LPSG (and not even the galleries). It really doesn't matter what sites I'm visiting, eventually Firefox just turns into a memory hog.

Any ideas or anyone else experiencing this? Firefox didn't used to do this.
 

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this happend to me when im using WMP i cant use anything else while its on coz itll just crash! i cant even pause anything because the mem shoots up and takes 100% usage just from WMP and then i unpause and its at about 2 frames a second!
 

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Mine is using 21meg, I suggest that you clear your cache (go to tools "clear private data") on a regular basis, Firefox retains a lot in case of an interrupted session, it is able to restore itself to the last session. If you have been viewing a lot of videos and Photos these all add up. Also rebooting your PC a couple of times a week never hurts (Unless you shut it off every night anyway)
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I don't have any problems with it. I have Vista prem. IE was crashing too much so I started using Firefox and I like it much better. I have 2 windows open(10 tabs) sometimes it is a little slow but most of the time it is fine.
 

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Firefox is known for being quite the memory hog over time thoughout the industry.

The next (and current beta) corrects this problem, you may try the beta but be aware it is not... there quite yet.
 

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I've noticed memory leaks with Firefox in previous versions, but not recently as of the past 2 updates. (That's approximately 3 months).

Consider downloading the latest copy of Firefox, uninstalling the old version, (reboot your computer), and then load the new version of Firefox.
 

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Well....

Not even one day's usage and I find it using 314MB and 99% processor power. I'm beginning to not like Firefox anymore.

I do use it on my Mac and love it.

I checked for spyware, trojans, and viruses; put in the fix Pecker suggested which helps somewhat; but otherwise the issue is still there.

I've tried Camino, just didn't see it as any better than Firefox. I'm going to have to see. Thanks again for the replies.