Help with Firefox

[Kneebough]

Ok guys, here's one for you. I love FireFox but all of a sudden, every minute, it downloads some data. This doesn't happen in IE. Its not much but after a while it adds up to quite a bit. All updates are turned off and I have uninstalled all extensions etc etc. Anyone got any ideas why this is happening now?

 

[bdt]

Ok guys, here's one for you. I love FireFox but all of a sudden, every minute, it downloads some data. This doesn't happen in IE. Its not much but after a while it adds up to quite a bit. All updates are turned off and I have uninstalled all extensions etc etc. Anyone got any ideas why this is happening now?

As a 1st step, have you started Ff in safe mode to see if it happens there? Also, have you looked around for memory leaks? (elgooG for it)
-bdt

 

[Kneebough]

yes, still happens in safe mode. no leaks. oh well, i'll just put up with the cap usage....

 

[bdt]

Then maybe it's time to upgrade to packet sniffing? I know there're some good 'doze tools, but I can't for the life of me recall their names RHRN ..but, as a starting point, I can recommend NetLimiter; while it's meant for, well, limiting traffic, it's also dead handy at seeing what app is connecting to where. Oh yea, there's another one too: are you on the latest version (currently 1.5.0.3), as Ff gets the updates in the background without prompting you.
-bdt

 

[Kneebough]

Yes, I have the latest. Hate Netlimiter as it hijacks my entire system. My firewall tells me its connecting to a 146 address which i traced back to Mozilla. Am working on it and will fix it. Thanks for the input.

 

[rainynight65]

IE7 has tabs, but (in my opinion) poorly implemented. It lacks the ease of Firefox in terms of tab usage. And of course the extensions...

 

[jarr]

ploempie, have you tried creating another firefox profile and then seeing if the same thing happens?

 

[Kneebough]

Didnt think of that jarr. Thanks, giving it a shot now.

EDIT: Well, I still don't know what it was but it is now gone. Thanks jarr.