NullPointer wroteis this IE 8? Because it's known to have memory leak issues with pages that have AJAX that dynamically add/remove DOM objects.
It's Windows Explorer. Not Internet Explorer. I don't even use IE... I have a firefox installer on my usb with me all the time.
julien_saadeh wroteTry to install Avira free Antivirus and do a full scan.
Avira ? Do you call that an Antivirus. I guess you should try
Kaspersky Pure. You should
Give it a try.
P.S: Kaspersky wasn't running when this happened. Check the list of processes.
BashLogic wroteis that strange? ive had ff go over 1.3gb
+1. Firefox sometimes goes crazy.
mrmat wroteIt's probably a virus which got a hook on it, or it just got hungry. It seems you are not feeding it well. :)
I use Kaspersky. Plus, i'm a virus detection expert. So, there's no way that this could be caused by a virus.