Firefox using lot of memory

when I am on site with flash game or site with lot of images , or run youtube firefox use 3 GB of memory and crash , i reinstalled ff , run it in safe mode disabled every addonds and problem still remains .

I do not have a ComObjects folder under C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files. That is not part of Firefox.
wscript.exe is a utility included with Windows to run scripts at the system level. It generally is not used by major programs. If update.exe is starting up with Windows, you may be able to find the script that wscript.exe is running using [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx Autoruns].
It definitely sounds viral. I suggest deleting the update.exe file, although Windows might prevent you from doing that until you kill all related processes. And if you have a persistent infection, the file may be restored or re-downloaded.
It might be easiest to seek assistance from a forum more dedicated to malware cleanups such as the following:
* [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html Virus, Trojan, Spyware, and Malware Removal Logs - BleepingComputer.com]
* [http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35 Malware Removal - MajorGeeks Support Forums]
Hope you get it removed.

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I want to ask something about firefox. why firefox use very much memory? can you develop to reduce memory comsume? this problem is very distrub in my PC with low memory.

I want to ask something about firefox.
why firefox use very much memory?
can you develop to reduce memory comsume?
this problem is very distrub in my PC with low memory.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened

How much memory is Firefox using right now?
# Press '''CTRL+SHIFT+ESC''' to load the Task Manager window
# Click the Processes tab at the top. (Click once near the top of the window if you don't see tab
# Find firefox.exe, and see how many kilobytes of memory it's using.
Showing around 80MB when Firefox first starts is normal. Right now, I have 75 tabs open and it's using 500MB - this varies a lot depending on what you have in the tabs.
Other than high memory usage, what other problems are you experiencing? (Examples include slowness, high CPU usage, and failure to load certain sites)
Many of these issues, including high memory usage, can be caused by misbehaving add-ons. To see if this is the case, try the steps at [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]. Outdated plugins are another cause of this issue - you can check for this at http://www.mozilla.com/plugincheck

Firefox use too much memory

Hi
I had this problem one weak ago, I did all suggestion that this link said and it didn't help:
https://support.mozilla.org/ar/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram#w_disabling-memory-consuming-plugins
I don't have many taps oppened only 47 taps.
My firefox now usiing 2GB ram, can anyone help me how to fix it?
Thank you

Hello,
Can you please follow the instructions in the ''Memory troubleshooting tools'' section of the [[Firefox uses too much memory (RAM) - How to fix]] support article and provide the about:memory section details in this ticket. We can take a look at it and suggest possible options.
Thank you

Why are the following processes always using lots of memory?

Can someone tell me why the following processes are always using lots of memory and are always running?
kernel_task 280MB
java 300MB
clamd 120MB
mds 100MB
WindowServer 100MB
coreservicesd 60MB

Because they require that much memory and because the processes are always in use.
This is one reason why the minimum system memory requirement is 1 GB.
Now, you have one third-party process listed, clamd, which is used by ClamXAV anti-virus software. If you can uninstall it you will recover the memory needed by clamd.

Firefox using to much memory. What do I do?

'''Information:''' I am using Firefox version 13.0 (I am on the beta update channel). Firefox use's 600,000K (screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/EHwZr.png) and it slows down firefox a lot...
'''My system specs.'''
*Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bits)
*AMD Phenom II X4 955 @3.20GHz
*8GB DDR3 RAM
*Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
*Space (not sure if it matters though...): 3TB combined.

Hello xnij,
I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing issues with Firefox 13.0.
You should visit the [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ plugincheck] page to make sure all your plugins are up-to-date. If no noticeable change occurs, try launching Firefox in Add-Ons-disabled mode. Try enabling and disabling different Add-Ons to see if any of them is using more memory than the other. You could also take a look at the [[Firefox consumes a lot of CPU resources|firefox cpu resources]] and the [[High memory usage|high memory usage]] support articles.
Thank you for your patience and all your interest in Mozilla Firefox. Please let me know how it goes and please mark my answer as solution if you found it helpful.

Firefox uses too much memory

I've been using Firefox as the default browser on my systems (both Windows and Linux and in 32 or 64 editions) and for some reason Firefox consumes too much memory. Now trust me. I have a very fast machine and so I get very frustrated with this issue as it seems to be a Firefox only issue. Its true that I might have up to 40 tabs open at times but Chrome can handle it Safari can handle it and even Explorer can handle it. Sometimes Firefox's memory consumption peaks to an astonish 3GB of memory which is unheard of. My machine is so fast that I can have up to 10 programs open (Maya, Photoshop, Cinema 4d, Autodesk Suites MySql server and PHP5, MS Office) and still be able to work with them all at the same time, but Firefox crashes suddenly and that is very annoying as I've customized it to my needs adding extensions and making sure all my online baking is done using Firefox. This memory issue is far more noticeable when I'm using Windows 7 64 bits. The same amount of tabs and extensions opened on Linux have no effect on memory and I often switch to Linux just to be able to enjoy a smooth Firefox browsing experience. I've invested so much money into building an amazing machine and it takes 10 minutes of having Firefox running to crash it all completely. I've lost track of the amount of times I've lost my profile and had to rebuild all my customizations but I can stand that. What is beyond my comprehension is the fact that when I'm using Windows XP or Linux the memory used by Firefox is far lower than when I'm using Windows 7 or 8.1 .
Can you help me out? I really love Firefox and would like to keep using it as my default browser but can't afford losing my profile info every time Firefox crashes or having Windows Explorer crashing and losing all the work I'm doing on other software programs.
Much appreciated;
Sam

Are there any tabs reopened from the previous session when this happens?
Do you keep a large history?
You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox Profile Folder.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
You can try to check and repair the places database with this extension:
*https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/
Try to 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
There may be extensions and plugins installed by default in a new profile, so check that in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions & Plugins" in case there are still problems.
If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
You can also try to reset Firefox:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting

Object tables/associative arrays are using lots of memory what is alternate

I'm using mostly object tables/associative arrays in my package and it is using lots of server memorey so i want to use a different technicque to save momorey .
like using create global temporary table or nested Table Store as or creating table run time at the start and droping it in the end .
do have any suggestion for this ?
for this package i'm retriving data from different table into object tables and do calculation in memorey before i send data to front end for reporting using reference cursor .
give me your suggetion or if you know any example code for this type of process using different technique please let us know .
thank you very much
regards
shailen Patel

You can create a global temporary table like this:
CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE AR_TRIAL_RCPT(
LOC_ACCT_ID NUMBER(12),
ACCT_ID NUMBER(12),
CURRENCY_ID NUMBER(12),
AMT NUMBER(13,   4),
AMT_PRIMARY NUMBER(13,   4)
[ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS]
;If you want the table truncated on COMMITs leave out the part in brackets other wise leave off the brackets and the table won't be truncated until your session terminates or you explicitly truncate the table.
You can also define indexes, primary keys, foreign keys, check constraints, etc. on your temporary table if need be to improve processing.
Now when it comes to inserting into your newly minted global temporary table, you should be able to use one of insert statements from the following anonymous PL/SQL block:
CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE AR_TRIAL_RCPT(
LOC_ACCT_ID NUMBER(12),
ACCT_ID NUMBER(12),
CURRENCY_ID NUMBER(12),
AMT NUMBER(13,   4),
AMT_PRIMARY NUMBER(13,   4)
--[ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS]
CREATE GLOBAL succeeded.
declare
l_open_receipt_select_1 varchar2(4000) :=
    'select 1, 1, 1, 12.05, 12.05 from dual';
l_open_receipt_select_2 varchar2(4000) :=
    'select 2, 2, 1, 17.05, 17.05 from dual';
l_open_receipt_select_3 varchar2(4000) :=
    'select 3 loc_acct_id,
1 currency_id,
27.05 amt,
3 acct_id,
27.05 amt_primary
from dual';
l_open_receipt_select_4 varchar2(4000) :=
    'select 4 loc_acct_id,
1 currency_id,
24.35 amt,
4 acct_id,
24.35 amt_primary
from dual';
l_ins_stmt varchar2(4000);
begin
-- If the column order is known ahead of time and is consistent
-- You can use this form:
l_ins_stmt :=
    'insert into ar_trial_rcpt (
loc_acct_id, acct_id, currency_id, amt, amt_primary
) '||l_open_receipt_select_1||
' union all '||
l_open_receipt_select_2;
execute immediate l_ins_stmt;
-- If the column order is NOT known ahead of time or is INconsistent
-- You can use this form:
l_ins_stmt :=
    'insert into ar_trial_rcpt (
loc_acct_id, acct_id, currency_id, amt, amt_primary
select loc_acct_id
, acct_id
, currency_id
, amt
, amt_primary
from ('||l_open_receipt_select_3||')
union all
select loc_acct_id
, acct_id
, currency_id
, amt
, amt_primary
from ('||l_open_receipt_select_4||')';
execute immediate l_ins_stmt;
end;
anonymous block completed
select * from ar_trial_rcpt
LOC_ACCT_ID ACCT_ID CURRENCY_ID AMT    AMT_PRIMARY
1           1        1           12.05 12.05
2           2        1           17.05 17.05
3           3        1           27.05 27.05
4           4        1           24.35 24.35
4 rows selected

Adobe Reader 8 open pdf very slow and used lots of memory

I use the Adobe Reader 8 to open a pdf(the pdf size not bigger than 100k)
but when i open it, it take long time to load it and use so many memory,
also, i do not have this problem on using adobe reader 7, would any one know the reason?
Thx for everyone.

Alright, i know, you can't bare to part with it, you need it, etc.etc...
try here, its an adobe reader speed up program
http://software.bootblock.co.uk/?id=adobereaderspeedup
It's a bit old though.
Also, do you have the stupid adobe startup program for reader running? This speeds up the loading of adobe reader while simultaneously slowing down your whole system. Great tradeoff.
Get foxit!
Adobe sucks!

IDSM-2 using lots of memory

Hello.
I have question obout IDSM-2 which is using 98% of the memory.
Output from sh ver:
Using 1944629248 out of 1979682816 bytes of available memory (98% usage)
Using 4.3G out of 17G bytes of available disk space (27% usage)
It is normal that it is using 98% of memory durning normal operation or it is a problem ??
If it is not normal please tell me how i can trobuleshoot what is wrong with it.

This message is misleading because it includes the memory allocated to system processes as well as memory allocated to the cache. Because cache
memory is really "free" memory; it is available for allocation at any time.
This is actually a cosmetic bug that you're running into.
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The formula for calculating the actual memory being used is:
((used - cached) / total) * 100 = percent of actual memory used.

Firefox uses too much memory, gets bloated, and won't respond.

For the past several versions of FF....I have posted here about it's 'behavior' under OS X.
The browser uses too much memory. After a short period of time, it becomes 'bloated', slow to respond, and requiring a 'force quit' to get out of it.
Being as I've posted about this before, for a previous version, and only received feedback from other Mac users experiencing the same thing, and not getting answers or help...I've stopped using it once more. It was a one day trial, and I didn't make it past 6 hours of use.
Welcome back, Safari!!!

For the past several versions of FF....I have posted here about it's 'behavior' under OS X.
The browser uses too much memory. After a short period of time, it becomes 'bloated', slow to respond, and requiring a 'force quit' to get out of it.
Being as I've posted about this before, for a previous version, and only received feedback from other Mac users experiencing the same thing, and not getting answers or help...I've stopped using it once more. It was a one day trial, and I didn't make it past 6 hours of use.
Welcome back, Safari!!!

Firefox using too much memory after an update

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-Jeff

Ore program makes my Java Program crash, which uses lots of memory (Urgent

I use a very huge HashMap to calculate something, and the HashMap size
may be increased dynamically.
And I start the program with -Xms300M -Xmx300M (The OS is Win2000).
When I start some programs which may use more memory , My program shows
that the free memory is absolutely enough , but suddenly, The thread to
handle the HashMap seems to be hanged, and the free memory is shown to be
reduced continuously.
At this time, I can't stop the program, Sometimes I can't kill it by the
Task Management Manager.
It seems that my java program is robbed with physical memory, and
encounter memory problem, and can't restore from it?
Would you please tell me how to fix this problem?
Thank you very much!
Sincerely,
Fang Jing
[email protected]

Looks more like an endless loop to me.
Can you post the code where the problem occurs?

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I'm using Bridge CS5 with the latest updates on Vista 32bit 4GB RAM on quad core machine.
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Thanks.

I've tried
a larger page file - no change.
(I doubt it will help as 32bit OS can't accessthat much memory anyways)
I'm not sure why you think it's a HD/page file problem? like I said, I don't have a speed problem of an issue with files not being cached.
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Thanks!

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Never mind, I figured it out by myself. On this particular machine I had a 3rd party plug-in installed (SRS iWow 1.1.8). Removing that brought the CPU usage down to 0.1%. Usually I don't install 3rd party add-ons. This would seem to be a good policy.
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