Re: iexplore.exe remains in memory even after closing IE

From: Don Varnau (don_04[at]varnau[dot]org)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:35:19 -0500

Hi,
I had the problem of Adobe Reader remaining as a running process. It stopped
either because I upgraded to Adobe Reader 6 or because I unchecked (Adobe
Reader> Edit> Preferences> Internet... "Display PDF in browser" and "Check
browser settings when starting reader."

Malware can also keep IE running. Work through the solutions (CWShredder,
Ad-aware, Spybot) at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Also note the security tips on that
page.

Additional information at:
The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
More security tips at http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
Bugs, Glitches & Stuffups: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

Hope this helps,
Don 

-- 
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.
"Rahul Kulkarni"  wrote in message
news:2b37701c4675b$d1ffbea0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi.
>
> The process iexplore.exe remains in memory, as seen in
> Task Manager, even after closing the IE window. The
> processes go on accumulating and affect my browsing speed
> in any new IE windows. In fact, then some of the
> hyperlinks don't open and cause that window to hang.
>
> Actually a similar behaviour is seen with Adobe Acrobat
> Reader 5 window. The acrord32.exe process remains in
> memory even after closing the Acrobat window.
>
> I'm experiencing this for a few weeks now. It started
> without any apparent change in network settings. I've
> tried enabling and disabling Java console. I couldn't
> find anything relevant on the Microsoft Support site.
>
> Is there any way to see what the residual process is
> doing - whether its connecting to some URL or waiting for
> some OS-level activity to finish.
>
> TIA.

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