After update to v17 Firefox freezes

After an automatic update to version 17.0.1, whenever a web page is selected it "freezes" on that page, only way to get out of Firefox is to go to task manager and stop program.

I'm having this problem continuously for about 1 year. I've tried all the solutions, but nothing has fixed the problem. Waste of time and very annoying.

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