Also ran some WIN critical updates, and IE8 stopped working too! FF auto updated from what version, I don't know, but it was on 31 when I realized the problem was BACK. after the image restored, I tried to open FF and IE8, neither app was problematic. Note #2: I have drive image run a monthly PQI backup of my C: drive and my R: drive) I have two hard drives 300G each whereas C: drive is OS only and R: drive is all my downloads, my documents, my photos, etc) Note: Dec 2013 I had done a complete FRESH new install of Windows XP in prep for EOL and installed all updates, including SP3, so the image I chose from May was only 5 months old, but I chose that one because of some of the other programs I had installed that month and didn't want to go through that again (still nothing opens, and all three instances show in task manager processes and cumulatively run at 50% - example:15 +15 + 20 or 10 + 15 + 25) (the two instances continue to run at a cumulative 50% CPU usage - one might be 15% and the other running at 35% - or both running at 25% each) (still nothing opens and neither instance appears in Applications open a second instance of firefox - 2nd process appears in task manager (nothing opens and nothing listed in Applications) open firefox - process appears in task manager and immediately goes to 50% I have IE6 and Chrome 37 as backup browsers (Note: when FF stopped working, IE8 had also stopped working - page would open, only one system process, but page would never load)įound a few non-critical yet potential infections (nothing too crazy) Norton Security Suite (the comcast version) up to date FireFox 25.0.1 (Note: Originally I had version 31 but a few days ago that stopped working) Windows XP SP3 (up to date with all critical updates)

5 instances of firefox in task manager