I keep getting a warning from nortons that firefox is using a lot of memory (125mb). Why?

i never got this message until i upgraded to firefox5. it also gives warnings about excessive cpu usage

Windows puts up messages that this is too much - also it crashes, gets stuck and moves like a very slow turtle
I am trying to remove the McAfee toolbar, having uninstalled McAfee, the toolbar remains - I suspect it is intruding space and time wise as I have AVG already
thanks for your response,
Jaiia

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If you want to reduce memory(60%) '''when firefox minimize[only in windows os] '''there is an easy old good trick:
type in the address bar '''about:config'''
then press the button '''i'll be careful i promise'''
then '''right-click''' anywhere in the list of preferences and choose '''new''' > '''boolean'''
then type in the open window '''config.trim_on_minimize'''
then click''' OK''', and in the next window select '''TRUE''' and click '''OK'''.
exit firefox and restart-it.
'''works only in windows os'''
see for more info :
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config About:config]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Config.trim_on_minimize Config.trim on minimize]
thank you
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