Despite being known for its fast speeds, Firefox can be tied down by pointless plugins and company adverts. This 5 step guide will take you through the main causes and solutions for a slow Firefox browser

1.  Simple Homepage

- Setting your homepage to a busy website full of ads such as msn.com is bound to slow down the startup of Firefox. Instead, use a simple search engine like Google.com

2. Remove Shortcuts

- Often, whilst installing certain programs, they will automatically install icons and shortcuts to their websites on your browser.  The most common, being “smiley/emoticon” shortcuts. These slow down your Firefox all round, whilst loading the program initially and loading each web page you visit.

- To remove these, right click on the icon and click Delete

3. Delete Temporary Internet Files

- Temporary Internet Files are used to make regularly visiting the same time, quicker. However, over time these files build up and slow down your overall browsing speeds.

- You may be interested in this article for removing temporary internet files

4. Disable Unused Plugins

- Click Tools on the menu bar

- Click Add-Ons, then Plugins

– Click Disable on any unused Plugins

5. Block Flash

- Sick of being slowed down by flash-advert-ridden websites? Download and install the Flashblock plugin. and it will block all Flash applets from loading, so web pages will display much more quickly. Click here to download Flashblock