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    Firefox ridiculously slow

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by PlasmaShock, Dec 22, 2010.

  1. PlasmaShock

    PlasmaShock Notebook Consultant

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    A few minutes ago, firefox started getting very, very slow and I get this message:

    "A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete.

    Script: chrome://searchshield/content/avgls-active.js:170"

    This hasn't happened before and it's weird because I don't even have google chrome installed :confused:
     
    PlasmaShock, Dec 22, 2010
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  2. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

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    "chrome" (not the browser) is in the about:config of Firefox, which is running fine on this computer.
     
    Hiker, Dec 22, 2010
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  3. lbohn

    lbohn Notebook Consultant

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    That is actually AVG's Link Scanner script add-on. You can disable it using Firefox's Add-on manager if you continue to have problems.

    FYI, Link Scanner traverses links in a webpage, comparing them in realtime against a database of known malware sites and providing appropriate feedback to the user: http://linkscanner.avg.com/ww.sals-how-it-works.html. It is not required for AVG to function.

    --L.
     
    lbohn, Dec 22, 2010
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