iexplorer.exe shows in task manager process list but no browser op

[Guest]

Hi,
I have just recently run into this problem and have now switched to Mozilla
because of it! It doesn't matter how many times I've closed IE 6 it just
shows up in the task manager process list as many times as I have opened and
closed my browser.(Needless to say its slowing down my PC).
I have the latest anti virus, router, Spydoctor, Ad Aware, CC Cleaner,
Internet Washer, HijackThis and have run countless online
virus/trojan/spy/malware scans and they all come up clean. I do have all the
latestest updates so why is this suddenly happening?
Oddly enough, this does not happen on my Laptop running Winsxp Pro and all
of the exact same software mentioned above. On my laptop when I exit IE 6 it
doesn't appear anywhere in the Task Manager.

Would uninstalling IE and reinstalling help?

Thanks in Advance

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "MonikaW" <[email protected]>

| Hi,
| I have just recently run into this problem and have now switched to Mozilla
| because of it! It doesn't matter how many times I've closed IE 6 it just
| shows up in the task manager process list as many times as I have opened and
| closed my browser.(Needless to say its slowing down my PC).
| I have the latest anti virus, router, Spydoctor, Ad Aware, CC Cleaner,
| Internet Washer, HijackThis and have run countless online
| virus/trojan/spy/malware scans and they all come up clean. I do have all the
| latestest updates so why is this suddenly happening?
| Oddly enough, this does not happen on my Laptop running Winsxp Pro and all
| of the exact same software mentioned above. On my laptop when I exit IE 6 it
| doesn't appear anywhere in the Task Manager.
|
| Would uninstalling IE and reinstalling help?
|
| Thanks in Advance

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http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file.


* * * Please report back your results * * *

 

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[Guest]

Hi and thanks to my two replies. Ive tried everything suggested, followed
the instructions step by step several times in safe mode and normal and
nothing seems to help. Still have many iexplore.exe in task manager
processes even though I have all browsers closed. Will stick with Firefox
browser for now.