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Running Firefox makes CPU 100%

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Hello, On my laptop, whenever I open Firefox, the CPU goes to 100% and pretty much stays there, even when I have nothing else open. Here is the system info for my laptop: Windows XP version 2002 Service Pack 3 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU - M 1200 MHz 789 MHz, 512 MB of RAM I run ccleaner all the time and Malwarebytes. I have a comcast high-speed internet connection but Firefox is really slow. I cannot look at video online or anything like that because of the slowness. Any suggestions? I am a complete luddite, so if you could explain it to me like I'm a four-year-old, I'd appreciate it. Thanks so much, Insect

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