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Firefox crashes when i'm browsing through certain sites. After crash, a windows error box shows plugin container stop working.

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I'm browsing through websites.. at times the firefox hang and then it close by itself. this happens very frequently. at times an error window bix will appear saying that plugin container stopped working. i have no idea why this happen. please help me

I'm browsing through websites.. at times the firefox hang and then it close by itself. this happens very frequently. at times an error window bix will appear saying that plugin container stopped working. i have no idea why this happen. please help me

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Looks like a problem with the RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions)

Be sure not to get confused with the RealPlayer plugin (Tools > Add-ons > Plugins) that plays media files.
The extension adds some extra features like saving media files.

You can disable/remove the RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension in the RealPlayer Preferences (RealPlayer: Tools > Preferences > Download & Recording)

See also Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

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The problem occur before the page could load. The page will be loading but there will be no display of the webpage. When I click on the close button on the tab, the whole firefox crash.

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Plugin-container is the most worst feature ever for firefox 3.6!!! Very slow, high cpu usage. When this happen, firefox freeze, unable to respond to clicks for a moment until plugin-cointainer back to normal. I think you maybe load page that contain flash (embedded youtube, facebook game).

Just my suggestion--->change to googlechrome if that happen.

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It's true. My Windows 7 hangs at times. As a result, the firefox crash. Imagine a lot of tabs are open. All has to reload again.