IE is eating up all my memory

[Guest]

It's like this. Every so often, my computer grinds to a performance halt.
My CPU usage says 100%, and in Processes, one extra application of IE is
running and eating about 45 to 60K of memory.

In other words, if I only have 1 IE window open, I might see 2 iexplorers in
the Task Manager. If I'm not on the internet at all, sometimes 1 iexplorer
will pop up and kill the memory.

It's easy enough to end the application and restore performance, but it
happens frequently. Does anybody have a guess as to why? And what to do
about it?

Thanks for your help.

Arlen

 

[Guest]

easy: Malware.... If you don't have a antimalware program get a
least one.

Antispyware programs:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

Antivirus scanner
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

http://www.avast.com/eng/down_cleaner.html

 

[Guest]

Usually with high CPU or memory problems like youre having,microsoft
techs would probably start with MsConfig utility,you can use it to solve
youre problems in kb310560

 

[Guest]

I got the antispyware and the antivirus scanner, ran them both, quarantined
the files they recommended, which seemed to cure the problem until I restart.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[AZApoker]

had the same similar problem, the IE processing memory kept shooting
up, found out it was a worm, backed up my files and reformatted.

John Boe
www.azapoker.com