Re: Web Browsing at a crawl, what is happening?
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Yesterday I saw a "Click here to Download Firefox (new version)"
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There was recently an upgrade to 2.0.1. I'm having a brainfart as to what exactly the upgrade notification looks like. First think thaqt came in to my paranoid mind was you may have been coaxed into downloading a trojan'd version from a malicious site (possibly using an XSS vulnerability making it appear you were on mozilla.com when you really weren't).
Run your antivirus and anti-spyware programs (which are what, by the way?) and see if anything turns up. I may be over reacting, but I had no problems with the last several FF updates back to about 1.5 to 1.6 which just trashed my profile. FF has gotten better and better...fewer cookie problems, WAY fewer mem leaks....quick security fixes, it's coming along nicely [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. Other than being tricked into downloading a trojan'd version, I'm not sure what else to suggest (although it is entirely possible you haven't been compromised and this is some other issue). Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling from a fresh download? Still run the AV/spyware scans tho.
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