Had to get rid of Firefox
BSOD's
Monday, October 14, 2013 by LightStar | Discussion: Personal Computing
Well, after many years of using Firefox, I had to get rid of it and I guess I'll use IE until I find something better. It seems Firefox has been crashing systems with a BSOD since at least version 20. People have complained in the forums, but no one at Mozilla seems to care evidently. My system has crashed 10 times now while using Firefox, and if the creators apparently aren't going to fix it, I am not going to use it.
Anyone else getting BSOD's when using Firefox (v20-v24) on Windows 7? 
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Reply #2 Monday, October 14, 2013 2:21 PM
Nope, using v24 just fine with Win 7. I can't even remember the last time I've seen a BSOD, at least on one of MY computers.
Reply #3 Monday, October 14, 2013 2:27 PM
i dont like firefox or IE at all, Google chrome is the best and fastest browser around, just use that.... problem solved...
Reply #4 Monday, October 14, 2013 2:32 PM
Well, my system just crashed again, but this time while I was using IE so I guess further research is needed. I read somewhere about a Windows Update that Microsoft put out a while back that cauyses BSOD's too, I'll pursue that for now.
Reply #5 Monday, October 14, 2013 2:41 PM
LightStar try making a memtest
If a BSOD is triggered while the system runs on low resources sounds like memory corruption...
Thinking a step further did you recently switched GFX cards ( from Nvidia to AMD ) if so try to remove the old drivers completely and then do sfc then install the new drivers.
Reply #7 Monday, October 14, 2013 3:14 PM
I'm running FF on three different computers, its crashed to desktop a few times, but never a BSOD
Reply #8 Monday, October 14, 2013 3:18 PM
Hi Lightstar
Install Blue Screen View.
It might help you to diagnose the problem.
Last time I was getting Blue Screens it turned out to be a memory issue.
Cheers
Macca
Reply #9 Monday, October 14, 2013 3:27 PM
Tom...give Pale Moon a shot... might run a lot better on your system.
Also...you could try disabling hardware acceleration?
Reply #10 Monday, October 14, 2013 3:59 PM
Did not like Pale Moon Doc, but thanks. I put Firefox back on and disabled hardware acceleration, so now well see what happens. 
I also set IE to use software rendering instead of GPU rendering, which I would imagine means the same thing.
Reply #11 Monday, October 14, 2013 4:07 PM
If it happened in IE you have bigger issues going on than browser preference. I wouldn't pursue it from that standpoint. First guess... video card or memory. Reseat both and try again. Update drivers (if you haven't already). Rollback video drivers if you recently updated them.
Reply #12 Monday, October 14, 2013 4:39 PM
Tom, try this. I use it to pinpoint what BSODs are caused by.
http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed
Reply #13 Monday, October 14, 2013 5:05 PM
Thanks Jim, next crash will tell, if I have one. Got that program you recommended too Aussie007.
Reply #14 Monday, October 14, 2013 8:31 PM
I'm running FF on three different computers, its crashed to desktop a few times, but never a BSOD
This. Well 2 PCs and my phone.. lol
As someone mentioned earlier.. BSOD tend to be a deeper issue.. Memory either System ram or video card is the first thing I look at when getting BSODs. THen i start looking at microsoft updates since they have a history of being pushed out only to find out they cause BSODs in some circumstances.
Reply #15 Monday, October 14, 2013 10:12 PM
I recently fixed my sister's boyfriend's PC. He bluescreened every time he open the chess game that comes with windows.
Tried everything. It turned out to be bad ram.
Memtest is a good tool.
Reply #16 Monday, October 14, 2013 10:43 PM
Firefox has become very unstable over the years, particularly with the unfortunately ubiquitously-necessary Java and Macromedia plugins. I've had lots of browser crashes, a few BSODs and often a lot of lag and unresponsiveness.
Webmasters gripe about ad blockers, but most flash ads are super-bloated and buggy to the point of crashing Firefox a lot, and its even creeped in a bit to the same plugins on Chrome sadly, though nowhere near as bad as Firefox (and thus I tend to default to using Chrome).
Reply #17 Monday, October 14, 2013 11:37 PM
Chrome's been my default for sometime now. Still have FF v24 and it seems stable. Last time I used it there were no problems even viewing pages here.
Reply #18 Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:17 AM
Usermode software on modern versions of Windows cannot directly cause a BSOD. If it can, then that's a bug/vulnerability in the kernel or drivers. BSODs tend to pretty universally be due to driver bugs or hardware faults.
Reply #19 Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:24 AM
What kryo said.
I became quite adept at BSODs over the years....I could crash anything....usually by toying with shells...
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Reply #1 Monday, October 14, 2013 2:19 PM
I haven't had that problem but I don't use it very often.
BSOD to me indicates either an Operating System issue or a Hardware issue.