internet explorer freezez or chashes such as firefox or google chrome when...

...playing divx files? lately using fire firefox is crashing and freezeing the internet explorer such as fire for and google chrome this happens when you play a divx format type of file
for me the solution was to use an old version of divxweb player like divx web player 1.4.0 and this resolved the problem for me but evry thime i want to open any divxtype of file it asks me if i want to update to the lastst version , for me this is nbot a big deal as long as it work , hope this information can help any commetns are welcome , thank you