IE uses 100% of CPU

[Bob Rider]

Anytime I open my internet explorer the program opens
just fine, runs fine, first address I try to visit
(exclude the home page on startup), ANY address mind you,
my CPU usage rockets to 100%, IE stops responding, I
can't even "end task" and when I click "end task" anyway,
my systems runs dumprep.exe. If I wait about40 minutes IE
will finally close.

What is the problem? I'm running WinXP Pro with SP1
installed and IE 6sp1 and have been for several weeks
now, this began last night and it eventually crashed my
computer. WHy is this happening I can access the
internet several different ways, just not with IE.

I'm pulling my hair out

Bob

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Anytime I open my internet explorer the program opens
just fine, runs fine, first address I try to visit
(exclude the home page on startup), ANY address mind you,
my CPU usage rockets to 100%, IE stops responding, I
can't even "end task" and when I click "end task" anyway,
my systems runs dumprep.exe. If I wait about40 minutes IE
will finally close.

What is the problem? I'm running WinXP Pro with SP1
installed and IE 6sp1 and have been for several weeks
now, this began last night and it eventually crashed my
computer. WHy is this happening I can access the
internet several different ways, just not with IE.

I'm pulling my hair out

Bob

See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

 

[siljaline]

Anytime I open my internet explorer the program opens
just fine, runs fine, first address I try to visit
(exclude the home page on startup), ANY address mind you,
my CPU usage rockets to 100%, IE stops responding, I
can't even "end task" and when I click "end task" anyway,
my systems runs dumprep.exe. If I wait about40 minutes IE
will finally close.

What is the problem? I'm running WinXP Pro with SP1
installed and IE 6sp1 and have been for several weeks
now, this began last night and it eventually crashed my
computer. WHy is this happening I can access the
internet several different ways, just not with IE.

I'm pulling my hair out

Bob

100% CPU usage with known good RAM and stable O/S is
almost always Spyware -

Spyware Removal Tools, Lavasoft's "Ad-aware",
Direct download -
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/privacy___security/aaw6181.exe

Lavasoft/Ad-aware home: http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Mirror site: http://www.lavasoft.de/

*Also* install and run SpyBot Search & Destroy,
Direct download -
http://spybot.eon.net.au/files/spybotsd_mainapp.exe

SpyBot home: http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-To: http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
More detailed help: http://tomcoyote.org/~mosaic1/spybot/
Support Forum, http://net-integration.net/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi
Navigate to the SpyBot S&D section.

Install, reboot, read FAQ and overview, use online update feature to
obtain the latest reference files, scan for Spyware much like you would
with your pre-installed anti-virus scanner.
Rid your machine of unwanted Spyware pests.

Actions you can take from further events happening.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware.
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm


HTH

--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_