386571 - FFox freezes while loading above url

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Bilari]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4

When I load the above url, firefox just hangs. I then go to process explorer and kill one of the threads that I think is offending. Then firefox seems to be responsive, but the address in the address bar still remains http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/ no matter which site I surf. In fact, even as I am entering this bug, it is showing that dilbert url :).
Oh also, I have AdBlock Plus and FireBug running as addons.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/

Actual Results:  
Firefox tab freezes. Browser becomes unresponsive

Expected Results:  
It should either load the url or give some error. It should not freeze.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak] (Away July 4-13)]

WORKS FOR ME
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; it; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a6pre) Gecko/20070701 Minefield/3.0a6pre

Do you have tried starting firefox in safe mode?

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

WFM also 
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091119 Minefield/3.7a1pre