Re: IExplore weired behaviour on NT and XP

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:17:27 -0500

"neo" <neo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:133A5A25-04B1-4CD9-84FE-F05CBCE27554@microsoft.com
> I am seeing this weired(atleast from the default behaviour i saw on
> other machines) behaviour where when i launch an IE from the shortcut
> i see an IExplorer.exe comming up in the task manager process list
> and once the page loads it goes off even though the window is still
> there. I saw this on couple of machines with NT, XP only. NT are
> upgraded from IE 5.5 to 6.0 recently. I beleive with the XP its
> staraight 6.0 > Is there any reason why we are seeing this behaviour.
> Other thing is we have an application which launches IE and this time
> IEXPLORER.EXE in the task/processlist doesnt go off. But when i close
> the IEXPLORER.EXE from the task/process,the browser window still
> stays. It looks like they are detached some how. I would like to
> calrify if expecting one IExplore.exe in the process list for each
> new instance of browser (from short cut or command line ) is a valid
> one or not. If ues why i could be seeing this weired behaviour.
>
> Thanks

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread. 

-- 
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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