IE Explorer Stays in Memory after it's closed

[Guest]

I am having problems with IE explorer closing out of memeory when the IE
application window is closed. When I open task manager and view processes
that are running in memory it still shows that IEexplorer.exe is still
running. After opening and closing IE explorer thoughtout the day I might
have 4-5 instances of IEexplorer still running in memory. How do I prevent
this ghosting of IE explorer. I have the lastest SP isntalled.

 

[PA Bear]

Iexplorer.exe is *not* Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe)!

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http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

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[Dave]

PA Bear,

I can understand your comments that Iexplorer.exe is not Internet Explorer
(iexplore.exe). This might have been a typo on original post. I have also
seen this occurence, and also found that although I am loading a page, from
a link, it never appears, as it loads on this ghost. I produce applets, and
with the way IE caches the applet, I need to close all occurences of IE to
get newer versions of the applet to show. On several occasions, I have had
several 'ghost' IE running, with correct task name. Once 'killing' them I
can get the latest applets to work.

Therefore, this is a valid question, why, how to stop etc...

Dave

 

[PA Bear]

See the rest of my post.
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~PA Bear

PA Bear,

I can understand your comments that Iexplorer.exe is not Internet Explorer
(iexplore.exe). This might have been a typo on original post. I have also
seen this occurence, and also found that although I am loading a page,
from a link, it never appears, as it loads on this ghost. I produce
applets, and with the way IE caches the applet, I need to close all
occurences of IE to get newer versions of the applet to show. On several
occasions, I have had several 'ghost' IE running, with correct task name.
Once 'killing' them I can get the latest applets to work.

Therefore, this is a valid question, why, how to stop etc...

Dave