Re: Firefox 31.8.0: Use of Add-On "HTTPS Everywhere 5.1.2" causes 99% CPU utilization

Tada !!!

On 21.02.16 07.18, Dave Yeo wrote:
> Dave Yeo wrote:
>
> I ran HTTPS Everywhere till last night when I disabled it as my browsing
> was slowed down due to less cache use and it was taking up room. No high
> CPU issues.
>
> Afterwards I started getting 100% CPU on one core when just changing
> tabs or displaying certain pages, all with scripting enabled.
> Earlier I loaded http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries, and it
> ran weird. Enabled all scripts and it brought the browser to its knees
> with close to consistent 100% CPU on one core and an hourglass cursor
> over the browser. On a single core machine it probably would have
> blocked everything.
> I removed HTTPS Everywhere just now and restarted the browser and the
> problems are gone. The above page loads OK with a one second CPU spike.
> HTTPS Everywhere is buggy or triggering a bug in our port.
> Dave