Several Orphaned Processes

[David Hojo]

We are seeing the following behavour:

Over a given peroid of time Internet Explorer processes
are becomming orphaned upon termination of the browser
window. Not all browser sessions are orphaned and we
don't know why certian ones don't exit. A process list
will show anywhere from 1 to many IEXPLORE.EXE processes
running long (infinitly) after the browser window was
closed. ex:

Image Name ... PID ... CPU Time ... Mem Usage
IEXPLORE.EXE 1608 0:00:02 25,332 K
IEXPLORE.EXE 1496 0:00:03 17,736 K
IEXPLORE.EXE 1416 0:00:02 25,836 K
....

This instance showed 11 processes orphaned after a 5 hour
period of normal usage. In addition, no normal instances
of IE were running at this time.

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Version 6.0.2800.1106
Update Versions:; SP1 Q818529; Q330994; Q822925
Win2K SP4 with all critical updates current through
9/14/2003
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[Mike Burgess]

David,
The first thing to do is to scan your system for the possibility of
unknown\unwanted spyware or parasites that may be causing your problem(s).

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-12-03]
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[David Hojo]

It would appear that this fix worked. I was unaware of
the magnitude of spyware. It is also disturbing that not
much information about the harmfull effects of sypware
exists.


Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
David,
The first thing to do is to scan your system for the possibility of
unknown\unwanted spyware or parasites that may be causing

your problem(s).

Mike Burgess