removing the "downloading" software

[Summercool]

on both Win XP and Vista, sometimes I install some software and then
all of a sudden, my IE will invoke a weird download plug in. So now,
when I download other stuff, like a zip file, that annoying download
program will pop up, and usually eat up a lot of resource.

I tried go to Tools -> Manage Add-ons
and then disabled a bunch of unknown or unwanted add-ons, but IE is
still behaving the same way. Is there a method to remove the
downloading app? (without uninstalling my other programs... as till
now, which program caused it, i can't remember)

 

[Marcin Domaslawski]

Hi,

Maybe start from: Download Autoruns from MS:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx

When you run it in Internet Expolorer tab you will have some information
about installed IE plugins e.g. paths (ImagePath).

Marcin Domaslawski