Multiple IEXPLORER.EXE in my Task Manager...

[butchrecon]

My Win2K PC does not seem to be closing any instance of internet explorer I open. There is a running proccess left in the task manager. I can have up to 20 of these things running and only have 1 webpage up. I cannot figure out what the issue is. Any thoughts? I am winning W2K w/SP4. Other programs do not do this. Just the Internet Explorer.

James Collins
Help Desk Analyst
A+, MCP, MCSA, Network+

 

[Debbs]

Have you loaded the security patch that Microsoft has?? I know my pc. did that a while back and I loaded the security patch and that seemed to have fixed the problem.
Hope that helps...
Debbs
Business Analyst

 

[butchrecon]

Thanks for the responce Debbs. I have completely updated my PC except for Media player. I first thought it my be a security patch issue so I updated everything. However that does not seem to be the issue.

James Collins
Help Desk Analyst
A+, MCP, MCSA, Network+

 

[butchrecon]

I am having a hard time getting this one figured out. If I open 10 iexplorers and close them then 10 will still be running processes. I can go through the running processes and close them manually. Any ideas?


James Collins
Help Desk Analyst
A+, MCP, MCSA, Network+

 

[bcastner]

Run HijackThis!

http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/#removal

Anti-virus software often misses a browser hijacking.

 

[karmic]

butchrecon,

The exact filename, is it iexplore.exe or iexplorer.exe?
The real name of Internet explorer is iexplore.exe. If you have "iexplorer.exe" then chances are it's a virus, or by the sound of it, multiple viruses.


~ K.I.S.S - Don't make it any more complex than it has to be ~

 

[butchrecon]

I am sorry it is IEXPLOR.EXE. No viruses. Fully updated. No Clue.

James Collins
Help Desk Analyst
A+, MCP, MCSA, Network+