Ff 4 plugin-container process spikes to 50-75% CPU...any way to fix this?

with ff 4.0 I notice a process called plugin-container often spikes to 50-75% CPU for extended periods for no apparent reason...then dips back down to normal 25-35%. I only have two tabs open and both are using adobe flash plugin (latest version)
My PC is win x64 , 3.00 ghz dual core cpu's with 4 gb ram.

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Same problem here. Firefox keeps freezing, sometimes for 5 minutes, then either starts working again really slowly or I get the plug-in error crash. This last time I copied what windows said about the error. This is the info:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: plugin-container.exe
Application Version: 1.9.2.3814
Application Timestamp: 4c12b3be
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18005
Fault Module Timestamp: 49e03821
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00048b02
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: ca4b
Additional Information 2: 0db6cc4f646c2246ddf8a462e3add7af
Additional Information 3: 5b21
Additional Information 4: e5b7e758762c24b02e09abea0b4585f4
Don't know what it means or if it will help solve the issue, but thought I would share it.
All I know is that I am about to do something I never thought I would, switch to Chrome.

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This forum is only for discussions on the forums themselves. You should post your question in the apropriate product forum,
http://forums.adobe.com/community/shockwave
if your ptoblem is with Shockwave, or
http://forums.adobe.com/community/flashplayer
if it affects Flash Player.

I updated to Firefox 4 and ever since it won't open. It says the process is running but no matter how long I wait it won't open the browser and restarting or ending the process and trying again doesn't work either. Is there any way to fix this?

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You probably have other problems but for a start right click on your task bar and click on Start Task Manager. In "Applications" if Firefox is shown, click on "End Task". In "Processes" if Firefox.exe is shown, click on "End Process" and ignore the warning and click"End Process" again. Wait for a few seconds then start Firefox in the usual way. There is a chance that this may solve your problems.
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I am using fire fox 5.0 (after using 3.6 for what seems like forever) and the plugin-container.exe has been sucking up my CPU power like a vampire. It had been doing that in 3.6 but not as much. I figured if I upgraded the problem would go away, but no, it has not. After reading some other similar posts, I ran Firefox in safe mode with no plugins running and sure enough after browsing for a bit it started running slower and used 90-100% of my CPU. Is there any way to fix this issue? Or am I doomed? Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.

That's supposed to show you the problem isn't Firefox, don't know how successful that actually is. You can delete it so that it starts up again. Susggest restarting Firefox when you see it has used about an hour of CPU time as the next hour of CPU time will take shorter to get there and you will be locked out.
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:'''freezing at regular intervals''': http://blog.bonardo.net/2011/09/30/is-your-firefor-freezing-at-regular-intervals

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== This happened ==
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== running flash movies

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* [[How to clear the cache#w_clear-the-cache]]
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Plugin container exe uses half of the cpu and that heats the motherboard, cores. some times temperature in motherboard is about 90 degree which is unacceptable. it is like that even only one page or tab is open. regards

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intel centrino2 inside
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