Background processes made into running applications

[Guest]

My subject line doesnt accurately describe my problem.

I am technical support at a small business and our accountant called me over
to her computer for help. Roughly 50+ empty windows had opened after she ran
a excel 2000 macro. These windows were previously background proccesses for
norton antivirus, and other programs etc, but they had been made into running
applications, as empty windows.

The macro is a macro our accountant uses every week and we have antivirus
and anti spyware software installed that are reporting no problems.

I am just wondering how exactly this happened, and is there a way so this
doesnt happen again, not that this has ever happened before.

 

[Dave Patrick]

That might be what was perceived but that didn't happen. It's the result of
some poorly written code possibly VBScript or VBA. Keep a Task
Manager|Processes window open so that you can see when this happens (looking
for excel.exe).

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| My subject line doesnt accurately describe my problem.
|
| I am technical support at a small business and our accountant called me
over
| to her computer for help. Roughly 50+ empty windows had opened after she
ran
| a excel 2000 macro. These windows were previously background proccesses
for
| norton antivirus, and other programs etc, but they had been made into
running
| applications, as empty windows.
|
| The macro is a macro our accountant uses every week and we have antivirus
| and anti spyware software installed that are reporting no problems.
|
| I am just wondering how exactly this happened, and is there a way so this
| doesnt happen again, not that this has ever happened before.