firefox seems to be going nuts

[tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com>]

firefox seems to be going nuts. it's very often hogging 95% of cpu, with no 
let up. and when i do a 'ps' for it, i get:


firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)
        |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)
firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)
        |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)
firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)
        |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)
firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)
        |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)
firefoxkloro@debian:~$


thanks,

tom arnall