Firefox downloads like crazy after startup (hundreds of megs)

After starting up firefox it often immediately starts to download hundreds of megs at max speed for no apparent reason, clogging my network.
I've got a lot of tabs open, some youtube too, but after startup those aren't loaded yet, they only load after being clicked on, so they can't be the culprit.
I'm using ff 22.0 on linux. My addons:
adblock plus
download helper
downthemall
firegestures
flashblock
flashgot
noscript
reloadevery
tab auto reload
tabgroups manager

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Creating a profile":
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from an existing profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over the problem.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

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