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Message about slowing Firefox

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mkeirnan
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When on msn.com, newsfeeds often go blank and a message at the top of the page reads, "This page is slowing down Firefox. To speed up your browser, stop this page," and there's a "stop" button. I've been having this frequently the last few days and had never had it before. How do I make it go away? Thanks.

When on msn.com, newsfeeds often go blank and a message at the top of the page reads, "This page is slowing down Firefox. To speed up your browser, stop this page," and there's a "stop" button. I've been having this frequently the last few days and had never had it before. How do I make it go away? Thanks.

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FredMcD
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Make sure you are not blocking content.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop also see https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/03/23/introducing-smartblock/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smartblock-enhanced-tracking-protection

Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?


Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to. You may also lose any settings for that website.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding