Firefox keeps hanging/freezes

I've had Firefox for quite some time but then it started hanging, almost like it froze, the moment i accessed a webpage (note: it doesn't matter what page i access/close there is no change). now, I've tried looking around for solutions, and I've followed many of them without success.
I've:
*restarted the browser
*run it in compatibility mode
*disabled add-ons/extensions (sometimes both)
*run it in safe mode
*closed websites
*disabled hardware acceleration
*re-installation and clean re-installation
nothing works
the only thing that seems to actually work is disabling java script, would really help a lot if i got some help fixing this problem.

ok, now i've tried creating a new profile, uninstalled firefox and removed the program folder and installed it again, did the same thing again except this time to the 32 bit folder, nothing seemed to work.

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