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Dave F.
Hi
I'm running XP SP3.
I use Firefox as default.
I've a bug that launches two or three copies of IE into the services
(they don't immediately appear on screen).
After a few minutes it preforms one or more of the following:
Displays adverts in an IE window
Plays an audio advert (not sure how it does that)
Mutes the sound completely.
I've run the latest versions of ad-aware & avast anti virus but with no
luck.
Using Sysinternals Process Explorer I can see the following:
(> represents a child service)
System>smss.exe>csrs.exe>winlogon.exe>services.exe
A child of this is svchost.exe that has the command line of:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost -k DcomLaunch
A child of this is iexplore.exe that has the command line of:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -Embedding
A child of this is another one or two copies of iexplore.exe with the
command line of:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3752
CREDAT:145411 or 145412
Using Sysinternals Autoruns I disabled DcomLaunch & rebooted.
It prevented the problem, but it appears DcomLaunch is essential for
Windows to run.
I've run out of ideas for a solution, so it's over to you. Any ideas?
Hope I've been clear.
Cheers
Dave F.
I'm running XP SP3.
I use Firefox as default.
I've a bug that launches two or three copies of IE into the services
(they don't immediately appear on screen).
After a few minutes it preforms one or more of the following:
Displays adverts in an IE window
Plays an audio advert (not sure how it does that)
Mutes the sound completely.
I've run the latest versions of ad-aware & avast anti virus but with no
luck.
Using Sysinternals Process Explorer I can see the following:
(> represents a child service)
System>smss.exe>csrs.exe>winlogon.exe>services.exe
A child of this is svchost.exe that has the command line of:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost -k DcomLaunch
A child of this is iexplore.exe that has the command line of:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -Embedding
A child of this is another one or two copies of iexplore.exe with the
command line of:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3752
CREDAT:145411 or 145412
Using Sysinternals Autoruns I disabled DcomLaunch & rebooted.
It prevented the problem, but it appears DcomLaunch is essential for
Windows to run.
I've run out of ideas for a solution, so it's over to you. Any ideas?
Hope I've been clear.
Cheers
Dave F.