Firefox keeps freezing unexpectedly, and I cannot find a cause or solution.

''locking as a duplicate - https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/792922''
While using Firefox 4.0 RC, on Vista Business platform, the program keeps unexpectedly freezing. It usually does so while loading a page, but it is never the same page, and it will even freeze while in Panorama. When the program starts acting up it just keeps cycling, like its waiting for a connection or something, until I click on the window, in which case the top bar says Firefox is not responding. The thing is not generating crash reports. Whenever I tell the frozen window to close, I just get asked if I want to close the program or wait for it to respond, which it never does.

Hi, I have this same problem, started with the last version of Mozilla FF, and I downloaded 4.0 as the help suggest this would solve the problem in fact it has got worse, so much so as that I dont use M F now but have moved to chrome, which means if it dont get fixed fast I will get used toanother browser and thats it
thanks
Mike

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