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We're seeing a spike in Firefox crashes, caused by Avast anti-virus

16 points by vord1080 4y ago

hoppyhoppy2 4y ago
>105.0.3 >Firefox Release >October 7, 2022 >Version 105.0.3, first offered to Release channel users on October 7, 2022 >Fixed: >* Mitigated frequent crashes for Windows users with Avast or AVG Antivirus software installed (bug 1794064) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/105.0.3/releasenotes/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/105.0.3/releasenotes/ bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1794064 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1794064 reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/xxuxm1/were_seeing_a_huge_crash_spike_in_firefox_caused/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/xxuxm1/were_seeing...
hyperman1 4y ago
What is this 'DLL blocking' thing? Has firefox some way to boot unwanted DLLs out of its address space in some way?
- shakna 4y ago
  They've had a way to blacklist loading DLLs for a very long time [0], by patching the call that loads DLLs. That rather basic approach got a little bit more sophisticated in 2019 as well - following an approach that Chrome took. [0] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524904 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524904
anm89 4y ago
My firefox started crashing constantly about 2 weeks ago after years of problem free use and Im on linux and dont use avast
- db48x 4y ago
  Load up “about:crashes” and make sure at least one of the crash reports was submitted. Then click the link to view the report; it’ll show you the stack trace, what libraries were loaded, all kinds of information. You can use that, in combination with the Firefox source, to diagnose the crash and figure out why it is happening.
  - anm89 4y ago
    Thank you!! I will try this tomorrow
oshout 4y ago
"Antivirus causing an issue when you browse the web? Uninstall antivirus!" - hackerman
- Yiin 4y ago
  I mean when you weigh pros and cons of using 3rd party AV software, that's a pretty reasonable idea.

16 points by vord1080 4y ago

>105.0.3 >Firefox Release >October 7, 2022 >Version 105.0.3, first offered to Release channel users on October 7, 2022 >Fixed: >* Mitigated frequent crashes for Windows users with Avast or AVG Antivirus software installed (bug 1794064) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/105.0.3/releasenotes/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/105.0.3/releasenotes/ bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1794064 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1794064 reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/xxuxm1/were_seeing_a_huge_crash_spike_in_firefox_caused/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/xxuxm1/were_seeing...

hyperman1 4y ago

What is this 'DLL blocking' thing? Has firefox some way to boot unwanted DLLs out of its address space in some way?

shakna 4y ago
They've had a way to blacklist loading DLLs for a very long time [0], by patching the call that loads DLLs. That rather basic approach got a little bit more sophisticated in 2019 as well - following an approach that Chrome took. [0] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524904 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524904

anm89 4y ago

My firefox started crashing constantly about 2 weeks ago after years of problem free use and Im on linux and dont use avast

db48x 4y ago
Load up “about:crashes” and make sure at least one of the crash reports was submitted. Then click the link to view the report; it’ll show you the stack trace, what libraries were loaded, all kinds of information. You can use that, in combination with the Firefox source, to diagnose the crash and figure out why it is happening.
- anm89 4y ago
  Thank you!! I will try this tomorrow

oshout 4y ago

"Antivirus causing an issue when you browse the web? Uninstall antivirus!" - hackerman

Yiin 4y ago
I mean when you weigh pros and cons of using 3rd party AV software, that's a pretty reasonable idea.