Plugin-container.exe makes browsing slow: how 2 solve?

I have reverted to 3.5 because the latest versions of FF include some nonsense called plugin-container. FF was brilliant prior to the plugin-container but now it is noticeably slower.
Are there any early versions of 3.6 without the plugin-container available for download.
Can someone fix the plugin-container nonsense. FF was perfect prior to the plugin-container
== URL of affected sites ==
http://

I noticed this, too... the problem seems to occur for me when I have tabs open that use flash for video, most notably YouTube. I have to kill fx and re-open to get it to drop. Very annoying. I don't know why there was a need to include something like this, but it doesn't seem well tested.
The command line that launches this process (as a child process of fx), for reference:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=4452.1336c6a0.231575676 "C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32.dll" 4452 plugin \\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.4452
Yes, in that screenshot, plugin-container.exe has used more than 18 hours of cpu time (compared with 18 seconds used by my antivirus). Yes, plugin-container.exe is using as much again and more memory than firefox itself. Granted, I have a lot of tabs open, and firefox has been open for days, but those numbers seem ridiculous to me.

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Plugin-container.exe makes my computer hang forever. i don't want my older pc to get overheated over this and bail out on me

plugin-container.exe is making my cpu get to 100% immediately i go online.
i first thought i got a virus somewhere, but no virus scan could find it. only then i checked the cpu usage to see what makes it go crazy, and it's plugin-container.exe, a program i thought legit, else i would've searched and destroyed it. turns out i'm not the only one having this trouble so guys, please do something about it. in the mean time i'm going back to 3.6.3 and hoping you solve this soon.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== after the update to 3.6.6.

I found the way to stop using plugin-container.exe from somewhere and it works.
Steps to stop plugin-container.exe process:
* Open Firefox web browser.
* Type about:config in the address bar and press Enter key.
* A warning will appear. Ignore it and press the "I』ll be careful, I promise!" button.
* In the Filter field type dom.ipc. Six preferences will appear for the filter dom.ipc.
* Ignore first and last preferences. Toggle (double-click) each of the four remaining preferences to change the value from "true" to "false".
Explanation: The crash protection feature in Firefox 3.6 is enabled for certain plugins only. The four preferences that we modified here specifies four different out-of-process plugins. They are the the NPAPI test plugin, Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime (Windows) and Microsoft Silverlight (Windows). These plugins are specified in a separate dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.<filename> preference by default is set to true. We can disable them by changing their value to false. And thus plugin-container.exe will not run. By default the preference dom.ipc.plugins.enabled is already set to "false". So, no need to touch it. The dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs is also not important here as other values are false.

Plugin container.exe causes severe slowness while trying to switch from sub to dub on Netflix.

When I go to netflix it works just fine. However if I try to switch from sub to dub it while just lock up. I have done while running task manager and the source of the slow down is plugincontainer.exe. It was working fine a couple weeks ago.

There are some alternative solutions to using the plugin-container.exe. You can disable it and then try and see how it works.
If you are interested in more about how to do this, click on my name on the left and then go to my blog as it will give you some possible solutions there that you will not dare find on these forums..
ref: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/981332
Best Regards

Installed Firefox 8.0 and plugin container.exe makes pc hang with 99% cpu usage, how can I fix this?

All extensions and add ons are disables other then flash player. Flash player is needed for the webpage.

Reboot. Uninstall Firefox, then use another browser to download and install a new copy of Firefox from mozilla.org/firefox - see [[Installing Firefox on Windows]] for more help.
See also the post [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/901329 Firefox 8 Memory Leak]
Please mark this issue as "Solved" if it solved your issue, or post back if it did not.
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[Serious BUG] Youtube crashes to death; fresh Windows 7 install; firefox and plugins updated; plugin-container.exe disabled; noway

This happens to me and to two friends of mine. So it's hardly a coincidence.
I have done a fresh Windows 7 install (for other reasons) so I thought this problem (which I had since about version 8.0) would disappear. I was wrong.
Firefox and plugins are updated:
Firefox 13.0
Shockwave Flash 11.3 r300
GPU video drivers are also updated.
I came across the "plugin-container.exe solution" but it didn't solve the problem.
How to reproduce the bug.
Visit Youtube and click on some video. Minimize Firefox. Wait some seconds. Next time you restore the window Firefox crashes, you have to kill plugin-container.exe from the task manager OR you have to restart the entire browser in case you've disabled the plugin container.
The same bug should occur when having various tabs open and one of them is Youtube with a video playing. But also when Firefox has no focus and you have other windows on top of it (and a Flash video running or even paused).
Since this does happen:
-with a fresh install;
-with everything updated;
-even disabling the plugin controller;
it seems very very strange to me that this problem is STILL present since version 8.0 (or even before) and that there is so few reports of this bug around the internet.
I'm not complaining here, I'm just showing my perplexity about almost noone having this bug which is ruining my (and my friends') Firefox experience since the past years.
My purpose here is:
* to let you know about this problem;
* to know if other are experiencing it;
* hopefully to keep giving support to this thread and answer to your questions about this bug so to help this thing being fixed;

For problems that occurred with Flash 11.2 and earlier, you might want to consider disabling graphics hardware acceleration in both Flash and Firefox.
'''Flash'''
Right-click any video in Flash Player and choose Settings.
Clear the checkbox for "Enable hardware acceleration"
'''Firefox'''
Save all work (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).
orange Firefox button ''or'' classic Tools menu > Options > Advanced
On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available"
Restart Firefox.

I looked on my C:\ for plugin-container.exe and deleted the file as it kept slowing down my computor, however now when I load firefox it crashes, how can I re-install this plugin to disable it properly?

My computor had been overly slow which was not normal when looking at processes running in task manager I found plugin-container.exe to be using alot of memory. I looked online and found that this was an update of firefox which was not essential, I then looked on my C:\ drive for the application and deleted it hoping this would solve the problem as I could not find it when looking at my firefox plugins. However now when I open firefox it quickly crashes, how can I reinstall this? Do I need to reinstall firefox completely or is there a more simple solution? I have done the firefox plugin check and it can find no problems.

Probably the easiest way is to download Firefox again from http://www.mozilla.com and re-install it.
If you want to disable plugin-container, see the section on "Disabling crash protection" at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins

I have two things attached to my firefox browser which I cannot get rid of. Plugin-container.exe and a tool bar called MywebSearch. How do I get rid of these things?

The tool bar called MyWebSearch has replaced the Mozilla Firefox start page which is Google. I want to remove it. The Plugin-container.exe is something that I do not know about.
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plugin-container.exe is an integral part of Firefox, for details on it and how to disable it if you do not want it see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins
You can normally uninstall MyWebSearch from the Windows control panel.
# Close Firefox and any other browsers
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# Select "Add/Remove Programs"
# In the list of installed programs select "My Web Search Bar"
# Click "Change/Remove" and you should be asked to uninstall it
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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.

How do I disable the plugin-container.exe? It is eating a lot of memory.

When my computer slows down, I open the task manager and it tells me that the plugin-container.exe is using upwards of 79k in memory. Is there a way that I can disable it? What are the consequences of doing so and are there any other remedies for this exorbitant use of memory by that program?

Do not confuse extensions and plugins.<br />
Extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) add extra functionality (features) to Firefox.<br />
Plugins (Tools > Add-ons > Plugins) make it possible to handle specific data (files) served by websites like media files and Flash content.

Plugin-container.exe keeps coming back and slowing my machine (ver.3.6.12)

This problem occurred in earlier editions and I would have thought that it should have been solved by now.
My computer goes to 100% usage and stay there until I go into my Windows Task Manager and stop the process: plugin-container.exe . I understand this was put in to stop crashes by Flash Player??? Well , it seems that they have decided to throw the baby out with the wash water. I stop the process but it keeps coming back.
Is there some similar program like Flashplayer that works and that we can use?
What happens if we can really get rid of it permanently?
How can we really get rid of it permanently?
If you send me instructions make sure that my ten-year old can understand it.
Thanks, in advance.
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ok I've just had to fix this myself so can confirm it works :)
open a new tab in mozilla and enter '''about:config''' in the address bar and hit enter.
It will say ''''here be dragons'''' click ''''I'll be careful I promise''''.
In the filter field enter '''dom.ipc'''
You will see a list of preference names, click on the value to toggle (change settings)
These are the settings you want.
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled ''' true'''
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll '''false'''
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll '''false'''
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll '''false'''
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.nptest.dll '''true'''
dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs 45
Restart firefox and then check Task Manager... plugin-container has disappeared, Mozilla is fast again, your RAM is no longer being hogged... happy days :)
Enjoy

What is, how to fix, stop, small popup window from 'plugin-container.exe' with 3 digit number that won't stop re-appearing???

I get very small windows popping up on the screen on top of anything else I'm doing regardless of what apps I'm running or not running. If I R-click on the icon in the task bar, it's identified as "plugin-container.exe"
The window doesn't say why it's there, but only displays a 3 digit number (for example the on on the screen now says 587) and allows only the usual X to close, or an 'OK' button to close. But a short time later it pops up again.
I'm running Windows 7 64bit MS Security Essentials and Firefox, though it will pop up even if I just booted and haven't started Firefox yet.
It's really (really really) annoying. How can I fix it or disable it or whatever it takes to make it STOP.
Perhaps if I had some idea what it was I could attack it that way, but I haven't a clue. BTW, I've cleaned the registry, and done full scan's for virus and turned up nada.
Thanks.
D.

As per the web site:
There will be no update to Waterfox 25.0 as a bug causes Adobe Flash to crash on 64-Bit Windows 7 systems. Bug here. Although Firefox 25.0.1 is now available and we could build it, there would be no point of releasing a new version of Waterfox for only two weeks.
I mostly only use Waterfox and had no problem in the past. I suspect a flash problem may be at the root of my problem however.
As stated, I've performed (full) virus scans with MS Security Essentials. Also with Housecall, and also with HiJackThis. No problems detected.
Screen shot of popup window attached.

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Plugin-container.exe : deleted it, how to re-download it

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== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Today 6/22/2010

Firefox 3.6.4 introduced this plugin-container.exe to make sure that plugins are better behaved. So if you're watching a video or playing a game and it crashes because of a faulty Flash plugin, only the plugin will crash and it wouldn't take down all of Firefox.

How can I disable plugin-container.exe ?

The plugin-container.exe has basically rendered my browser worthless and seems to be a growing problem. I've tried completely uninstalling Firefox and reinstalling it, updating Flash and all other associated Adobe products, but nothing helps. The plugin crashes Youtube (always) and pretty much every other video I try to watch. When I shut it down in task manager, it crashes the page, and when I reload the page it starts to run again. This has become a seriously annoying problem, and if I can't fix it I'm going to have to give up on Firefox as a browser. I'm not sure what you've tweaked over the past year or so to destroy a perfectly good browser, but whatever you did it was a huge mistake. Many of my friends who recommended Firefox to me have already abandoned it due to this problem and I'm ready to myself. It's just to buggy and it wastes too much time to struggle with it to watch a video.

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'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/ Flash block]''' {web link}
Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it
won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on it
Did you get any crash reports or other error messages?
In the address bar, type '''about:crashes'''<enter>.''' Note:''' If any reports do not
have '''BP''' in front of the numbers, click it and select '''Submit'''.
Using your mouse, '''mark''' the most '''resent 7 - 10''' crash reports, and
'''copy''' them. Now go to the reply box below and '''paste''' them in.
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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.

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