Plugin-container cpu

A process called "plugin-container.exe *32" was taking up 99 of my CPU (location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox). WHY??? :(

Yes, it is a separate process for Firefox. More info [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins here]. If it's clogging up your computer, then perhaps you should disable some plugins - you may not need all of them. Also avoid running too many tabs at the same time, especially ones with flash (e.g. gaming websites or youtube).

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Plugin-container CPU usage

I left Firefox (V:5) running while I did some other things. I was away from the machine for several hours.
When I got back to the computer, I noticed Windows Task Manager was showing heavy CPU use. the 'plugin-container.exe' showed around 40% of the CPU, and is still showing about 15% even though all that is supposed to be going on is me typing this post.
Any idea what on earth is going on? I don't see anything untoward in the 'Plugins' list. (Firefox doesn't seem willing to allow cut/paste in their Tools->Add-ons page, and I don't feel like typing in the list without some reason to think it necessary)

Hello and quiet the cause of this problem is momentary launched firefox version is a Beta test and this problem is hovering lately in our Pc `S.te suggest you're frequently updated on our firefox.Te DepNet.com for the promise that this next vercion will be better with all their efficiencies.
Of course I recommend two (2) options.
1.-update plugin Flash player to the latest version.
2.-In when you leave the vercion but suffers of firefox installed.
And apologies if our products caused you discomfort. Do not worry the solution will come soon. =)
ATTN: Daniel Antonio Matuz Alvarado in the support area and helps users

Firefox 29 con un terrible uso de CPU al reproducir un video (plugin-container)

Para probar lo mal que este navegador se despempeña al reproducir un video: usar una computadora con Intel Celeron D, 2 Gigabytes de RAM y una nivida GeForce 7200 GS/7300 SE, si no se cuenta con una computadora similar... entonces probar la ineficiencia TOTAL de este navegador seria imposible.
En fin, ya que se tenga un precesaor de un solo nucleo y pocos gigabytes de RAM, se comienza la prueba.
para probar hay que entrar a este sitio desde firefox: http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2014/05/12/nasa-la-contraccion-de-glaciares-en-la-antartida-es-irreversible/
bueno, en fin el problema que tengo es que Firefox usa DEMASIADO CPU, para reproducir un solo video de flash... mientras resproduzco un video ese proceso desagradable y maldito llamado "plugin container" usa el 100 % de la CPU y he tenido temperaturas barbaras tanto en Windows 7 32 bit como Ubuntu 64 bits que llegan a los 71 grados celsius, todo por ese MALDITO e INEFICIENTE proceso que se llama plugin-container y como no! el INEFICIENTE api que ellos llaman NPAPI...
Si ustedes, Mozilla reciben dinero... en lugar de usarlo en cosas inutiles como Australis, deberian usarlo para mejorar la eficiencia de ese maldito plugin-container.
¿En que momento decidieron que su navegador tenga que funcionar solo en computadores con 12 nucleos?
En fin he tratado inutilmente lo que aqui se sugiere, desactivar la aceleracion por hardware tando de firefox como de flash... e incluso empeora, teniendo desactivado la aceleracion por hardware, hay videos que simplemente no puedo ver, el video es entrecortado y los controles del reproductor embebido son irresponsivos.
En fin... mi computadora puede parecer muy pobre para ustedes señores de Mozilla, pero a me srive todavia y creo que puede durar mucho mas, al menos hay otros programas con lo cuales no tengo este problema y me son utiles... y la verdad no necesito gastar dinero para comprar una computadora con la caracteristica que he descrito anteriormente, pero ¿en verdad necesito tirar mi dinero a la basura para poder ver videos decentemente?
Aqui esta la informacion que siempre piden:
Configuración básica de la aplicación
Nombre: Firefox
Versión: 29.0
Agente de usuario: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0
Informes de fallos de los últimos 3 días
Todos los informes de fallos
Extensiones
Nombre: Adblock Plus
Versión: 2.6
Activada: true
ID: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
Nombre: Exif Viewer
Versión: 2.00
Activada: true
ID: [email protected]
Nombre: FEBE
Versión: 7.3.0.1
Activada: true
ID: {4BBDD651-70CF-4821-84F8-2B918CF89CA3}
Nombre: Ubuntu Firefox Modifications
Versión: 2.8
Activada: true
ID: [email protected]
Preferencias importantes modificadas
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 6
browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140428193813
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140428193813
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 29.0
dom.mozApps.used: true
extensions.lastAppVersion: 29.0
network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
places.database.lastMaintenance: 1399925151
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 52439
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
plugin.importedState: true
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true
storage.vacuum.last.index: 1
storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1397861177
Gráficas
Descripción de Adaptador: nouveau -- Gallium 0.4 on NV46
GPU acelerada de Windows: 0/1 Basic
ID de Vendor: nouveau
ID del dispositivo: Gallium 0.4 on NV46
Procesador WebGL: nouveau -- Gallium 0.4 on NV46
Versión del dispositivo: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.0
windowLayerManagerRemote: false
AzureCanvasBackend: cairo
AzureContentBackend: cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none
AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
JavaScript
Recogida de basura incremental: true
Accesibilidad
Activado: false
Prevenir accesibilidad: 0
Versiones de bibliotecas
NSPR
Versión mínima esperada: 4.10.3
Versión en uso: 4.10.3
NSS
Versión mínima esperada: 3.16 Basic ECC
Versión en uso: 3.16 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME
Versión mínima esperada: 3.16 Basic ECC
Versión en uso: 3.16 Basic ECC
NSSSSL
Versión mínima esperada: 3.16 Basic ECC
Versión en uso: 3.16 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL
Versión mínima esperada: 3.16
Versión en uso: 3.16
Nota: no sabia que los foros en español no estaban disponibles... puedo proveer mi descripcion en ingles, pero no tengo tiempo, asi lo escribi asi se queda.

Hola,
Gracias por su pregunta. A este momento si la plugin napi estaba usando mas de 100% de la CPU, por favor desactivar la plugin.
Por favor actualice sus controladores y WebGL también. [[Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL]]
Muchos gracias.

Plugin-container.exe is EATING cpu clock cycles and slowing down my computer big-time. Is there a fix to prevent this, or do I just have to disable this subsidiary program and take the consequences?

Whenever I have an audiovisual display running in a Firefox (5.0) tab, the program "plugin-container.exe" swamps my CPU, jumping up to 95% of processing clock cycles. This makes all online video displays hang and jump, and it's a pain in the neck. Is there any way to mitigate this?

That's supposed to indicate it's your plug-ins like Flash that is the problem.
You might try changing hardware acceleration, a setting within Flash either turn if off or on.

Plugin-container.exe. I realise this has been raised before but there never seems to have been any firm reply from Firefox as to how to rectify the problem, as I have just had 94% use of my CPU by this and my use is so slow it is impossible. Emjayel

plugin-container.exe is a disaster and looking at previous forums it has been so for at least a year without any resolution. As I said before at one stage this was using 94% of my CPU and my system was reduced to a snails pace.
Surely Firefox should give some useful alternative.
Emjayel

Try going to http://www.mozilla.org/plugincheck and see if your plugins are out of date.

Why is plugin-container using 100 of cpu & over 700K of storage?

This started with 3.6.16 plugin container takes ever increasing storage & cpu % I have to keep killing firefox & restarting

Your "Plug-in Container" is corrupted.
download the following:
Flash Player for ActiveX (Internet Explorer)
Flash Player Plug-in (All other browsers)
Flash Player Uninstaller
Also, download these:
Shockwave Player Uninstaller
Shockwave Player 112 FULL installer (ther browsers)
You'll need to install Shockwave with the FULL installer for IE too, but there isn't a direct download for it. You'll need to go to: http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/otherversions/ using IE AFTER everything else is done.
Save all the files and close your browser.
Run the uninstallers first (both of them)
Go to: C/Windows/System32
Delete the Macromed folder.
Open your Registry Editor (Start>Run or press the Windows key + R and type 'regedit' [minus the quotes] and click OK)
In the Registry Editor, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE
Delete the Macromedia folder (Right click and choose "Delete").
Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software and delete the Macromedia folder there too.
Close the Registry Editor and empty your recycle bin.
Run the Flash Player installers, and then the Shockwave FULL installer you downloaded.
Lastly, open IE and go to: http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/otherversions/ to download and install the Shockwave FULL installer for ActiveX (IE).
For Firefox, I recommend FlashBlock (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/) It's prevent ANY Flash content from loading until you allow it manually. It can get to be a pain, but you eventually get used to it.

Plugin-container.exe using 40% of cpu

== Issue
==
Firefox is having problems with certain web sites
== Description
==
FYI, (thanks to all developers)
I rarely go to porn sites but the popunder-windows they generate caused the plugin-container.exe to use 40% of cpus (2 cpu). This is after I had closed all tabs and left my computer unattended. This popunder-window might have very-very-unusually slipped my attention due to my errand.
Thanks again
== URL of affected sites
==
""Removed by a moderator -FF4L''
== Troubleshooting information
==
Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
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Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
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about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
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{0FED7D55-65D4-47b6-A6DE-9A4ADB55355F}
CoolPreviews
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true
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true
FabTabs
1.3.5
true
[email protected]
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Flashblock
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true
{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
FoxTab
1.3
true
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2.10
true
{7102aba3-045c-4ec2-b921-46d87636d84b}
Image Zoom
0.4.4
true
{1A2D0EC4-75F5-4c91-89C4-3656F6E44B68}
Personal Menu
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true
[email protected]
QuickRestart
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true
Session Manager
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{1280606b-2510-4fe0-97ef-9b5a22eafe30}
SearchPreview
4.5
true
Tab Progress Bar
0.6
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[email protected]
Tab Scope
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true
[email protected]
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[email protected]
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CookieCuller
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Dictionnaire français «Réforme 1990»
3.5
true
[email protected]
Extension List Dumper
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true
[email protected]
Firebug
1.5.4
true
[email protected]
FlashGot
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true
{19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}
Fast Dial
2.23b1
true
[email protected]
QuickJava
1.7.2
true
CLEO
4.3
true
[email protected]
OPIE
1.2.3
true
[email protected]
Java Console
6.0.20
true
Tab Mix Plus
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true
Tree Style Tab
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true
[email protected]
Mozilla Archive Format
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true
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MR Tech Toolkit
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true
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Value
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0
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180
browser.history_expire_days_min
89
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0
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction.backup
2
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML
false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
2
browser.startup.homepage
chrome://fastdial/content/fastdial.html
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
rv:1.9.2.4
browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab
false
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent.backup
true
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent.override
true
browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace.backup
true
browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace.override
true
browser.tabs.warnOnClose
false
dom.disable_window_move_resize
true
dom.event.contextmenu.enabled
false
dom.max_script_run_time
1800
extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6
true
extensions.lastAppVersion
3.6.4
general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet
( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C)
javascript.options.showInConsole
true
javascript.options.strict
true
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
places.last_vacuum
1275329041
print.print_printer
HP Deskjet 3900 Series (Copy 1)
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false
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_command
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0.5
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print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_top
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0
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
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security.dialog_enable_delay
0
security.warn_viewing_mixed
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== Firefox version
==
3.6.4
== Operating system
==
Windows Vista
== User Agent
==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C)
== Plugins installed
==
*-Shockwave Flash 10.1 r53
*npRLCT4Player
*np-mswmp
*1.7.0069.3
*6.0.12.69
*RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In
*RealJukebox Netscape Plugin
*The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
*NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.3.3"
*Default Plug-in
*Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5
*iTunes Detector Plug-in
*GEPlugin
*Picasa plugin
*NPWLPG
*Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
*Version 1.0.5, copyright 1996-2010 The VideoLAN Teamhttp://www.videolan.org/
*Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsers

Only if i have 2 sites open i.e. http://www.youtube.com and http://www.mobileman.com (or any other site), i have trouble opening a third page i.e. http://www.google.com. Is it possible, that firefox is using a lot of CPU (i.e. plugin-container)??

Plugin-container.exe ate my CPU and my goldfish

After installing Firefox 3.6.4 and version 3.6.6 respectively, there was a process running in the background, called plugin-container.exe. It immediately began to eat my CPU, my RAM and my goldfish. I have a fish tank in my room and after installing the FF update, my goldfish disappeared. Can I get a new goldfish from Mozilla?
== This happened ==
Not sure how often
== after installing v3.6.4 and higher

Same problem...XP SP3, X64. Followed the suggestions outlined in this thread:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/704242
which, basically, was to restart in safe mode to see if an extension is causing the problem. Well, I restarted in safe mode, tried to watch a youtube video, and it still runs like trash (to say it nicely). So its definitely not an extension causing the problem, its this trashy container.
Flash Player is already a container. Meaning its already an intermediate layer between the user and the OS. Which is one of the things Steve Jobs talked about as for why Flash is not on iPhone. The more layers you introduce, the less efficiently something can run.
So basically Mozilla took an existing container (Flash player) and wrapped it in ANOTHER container, further removing it from the OS. Whose brilliant idea was that??? Its like watching TV as filmed through someone's web cam.
Total garbage. With each release of FF, video playback gets worse and worse...

Plugin-container over load cpu

ever since the update with the plugin-container most videos stop and start. my cpu usage pegs at 100. when I shut down plugin-container everything go to normal except vids shut down. can this be removed or do I need to get a different browser. everything was fine untill update. my wifes computer was having the same problem so she switched to chrome and fixed her problem. I'm thing of doing the same.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins
Try to disable IPC.
You can set the prefs dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.* to '''false''' on the about:config page to disable the plugin-container process to see if that helps.
'''dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll''' (Flash)
'''dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll''' (Silverlight)
'''dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll''' (QuickTime)
To open the ''about:config'' page, type '''about:config''' in the location (address) bar and press the Enter key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.
Double-click each of those prefs to toggle them to false, then restart Firefox.

Plugin-container in Firefox 4; High CPU and Graphics Switching Problems and Workaround

I recently upgraded to Firefox 4, and unfortunately, I've had many problems running Firefox under OSX on my Macbook Pro.
The first problem I came across was that Firefox is now hardware accelerated. This should be a good thing, but due to the way Apple has implemented graphics switching, Firefox caused the discreet graphics card to be used (as seen with GFXcardstatus)
To prevent this, I went into preferences, and disabled "Use hardware acceleration where available" under Advanced>General.
But my problems didn't stop there. Now, it seems Firefox has decided to run plugins such as flash under a separate process called plugin-container in order to protect the browser from plugin crashes. This is a good idea (I believe Chrome and Safari do the same), but even with hardware acceleration disabled in Firefox and Flash, plugin-container still triggered the discreet graphics.
This would actually be acceptable if plugin-container was terminated after I navigated away from the page with the flash content, but this is not what happens. Instead, plugin-container keeps using the high-powered GPU until Firefox is closed.
At this point, I thought that I'd try to force the computer to only use integrated graphics (using gfxcardstatus), but then I discovered another problem:
The plugin-container process was using large amounts of CPU time when flash content was visible in the Firefox window. Typically, viewing just a static flash ad would cause plugin-container to use about 60% (in addition to firefox using about 20%, that means 80% total). Obviously, this was a battery life problem.
After all of this I think I found a temporary workaround, but there are clearly problems here that need to be resolved by the Firefox developers. There are many non tech-savvy users who are no doubt experiencing poor battery life from these problems.
'''My Temporary Solution'''
1. Disable hardware acceleration in Firefox in Advanced > General
2. Disable hardware acceleration in Flash by right clicking a flash element, clicking settings, and then unchecking "enable hardware acceleration"
2. In about:config, search for dom.ipc and set all boolean values that appear to false. This will disable Firefox's plugin-container process for all plugins.
(At this point, if you restart Firefox, Flash will not work at all)
3. Set Firefox to 32-bit mode by getting info on Firefox.app and then checking the "Open in 32-bit mode checkbox"
4. Restart Firefox. Flash should be working with reasonable CPU usage (I had something like 20% with static flash ads as opposed to 80% before), plugin-container will be no more, and your Macbook will no longer switch to discreet graphics for Firefox or Flash.
'''UPDATE:''' It seems that firefox still sometimes causes a switch to discreet graphics for certain flash elements (video players mostly). Also, I've still seen some cases where flash elements are using large amounts of the CPU, even when they are not in the current tab.
I hope this was helpful to somebody, and if anyone has a suggestion for how to make this workaround obsolete or better, please respond.

Ive downgraded from FF4 to 3.6 at this point. The CPU usage is out of control on OS X.

Plugin-container.exe takes over and uses 100% of my CPU locking me out and leaving my PC non-functioning. Is this a bug, or a memory leak, in the Firefox software? Can anything be done to fix this problem?

In looking at Windows Task Manager I found that plugin-container.exe was taking over 100% of my CPU and my system was frozen. Is this a memory leak or other bug?

Thank you! I have been having problems with Adobe Flash since downloading the new 11.1 version. I will download it again and reinstall it, hopefully that will correct the problem.

Plugin-container.exe is using 90-100% CPU - even while running Firefox in safe-mode. Can I fix this?

I am using fire fox 5.0 (after using 3.6 for what seems like forever) and the plugin-container.exe has been sucking up my CPU power like a vampire. It had been doing that in 3.6 but not as much. I figured if I upgraded the problem would go away, but no, it has not. After reading some other similar posts, I ran Firefox in safe mode with no plugins running and sure enough after browsing for a bit it started running slower and used 90-100% of my CPU. Is there any way to fix this issue? Or am I doomed? Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.

That's supposed to show you the problem isn't Firefox, don't know how successful that actually is. You can delete it so that it starts up again. Susggest restarting Firefox when you see it has used about an hour of CPU time as the next hour of CPU time will take shorter to get there and you will be locked out.
Also see this -- the solution on all the items seem to fix a lot of problems with the places.sqlite database.
:'''freezing at regular intervals''': http://blog.bonardo.net/2011/09/30/is-your-firefor-freezing-at-regular-intervals

Why does plugin-container.exe hog so much cpu usage?

When FF is running with some application (ie flash or maybe shockwave) or some type of embedded function, the cpu usage for plugin-container is generally between 60 and 80 percent. This causes extreme lag and reduced functionallity. Quite frankly it is extremely annoying to have things run so slowly.

Somehow this bug came up on my radar yesterday later in the day: the first two comments indicate different plugins, and the third refers to the Acrobat plugin:
<blockquote>This seems to happen if Adobe Reader is used for displaying PDF documents (pdfjs.disabled set to true and Preferences > Applications > PDF to "Adobe Reader (in Firefox)").<br><br>Opening two tabs displaying PDFs and closing one crashes the other one.<br><br>Was able to reproduce with Firefox 36.0.1 and Adobe Reader plugin "Adobe Acrobat 11.0.10.32". When I tried to reproduce it later again in the same profile (or on Nightly and Beta), the tab didn't crash.</blockquote>
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113190
Sounds like your issue, but it's puzzling that they got a tab to crash and in your case only plugin-container.exe crashed.

Plugin-container process using 50+% CPU

There is some process called plugin-container initiated by firefox/thunderbird that sometimes uses 50% or more CPU.
Someone has this problem too?
Thanks in advance.

You can also try a Firefox plugin called flashblock. I think it's also available in the AUR. It requires a single click to allow flash, and you can whitelist certain sites.
You might also look at Adblock Plus.

Plugin-container is using excessive CPU time with nothing going on, ie 50%. How do I inhibit this?????

ver 8.0.1. filling out this form, plugin-container is using excessive amount of CPU (> 50%) in basic an idle stage. This needs to be stopped. How do I do this???
thanks

Can you check this issue on Firefox 9?
* getfirefox.com

Plugin-container cpu

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