Gaming Internet explorer running in the background?

[Ringo619]

Today my task bar froze up and it restarts and then all of a sudden i see this V

so i just close all of them and just keep going then i open my task bar and see 6 IE apps open and i tried to end each of the process but it just kept returning each time i end it and its annoying me cause this makes me pc lag a lot cause its using a lot of memory

So does any one know how to stop IE from appearing on my task bar and running in the background?
I am using windows7 32 bit version and i have ran a virus scan and nothing telling there is a viruses or something.
Thanks in advance

Edit: gonna go to bed its late here , hopefully i gave enough details to fix this problem. Thanks if you can

 

[ByteMunch]

Try getting a temporary browser and reinstalling IE?

Or go run->MSCONFIG->Startup and check if IE is there. If it is, uncheck the box.

 

[funem]

Does this happen after you have rebooted ?

 

[Originality]

This reminds me of an old "fun" virus I ran into at school. After finding it, I took it home and started messing around with it (in an isolated computer environment), then a week later I started hearing about an MSN worm spreading around that triggered IE windows to constantly open. It was supposed to be a kind of DOS attack spawned from within the computer itself, probably aimed at someone the originator didn't like very much. It wasn't very effective though...

 

[Mesiskope]

just uninstall that shit.

 

[Stevetry]

terminate the proses

 

[Shano56]

IE running when its not supposed to usually means spyware, virus, etc. get a AV

 

[Dialga.The.Maste]

Install another browser (i see chrome.exe is running) then uninstall IE using the "turn windows features on and off" in the "uninstall a program" menu.

You could also run this batch file

@echo off
:redo
taskkill /f /im iexplore.exe 
goto redo

This batch file should kill all IE processes
BTW What AV are you using?

 

[Ringo619]

Try getting a temporary browser and reinstalling IE?

Or go run->MSCONFIG->Startup and check if IE is there. If it is, uncheck the box.
I went to MSCONFIG and it was't there and i might uninstall IE and reinstall it again

Does this happen after you have rebooted ?
No this does't happen after i reboot just every time i restart my task bar i get this problems

terminate the proses
I did and it keeps coming back over and over again

QUOTE(Dialga.The.Master.Of.Time. @ Dec 28 2010, 03:01 AM) Install another browser (i see chrome.exe is running) then uninstall IE using the "turn windows features on and off" in the "uninstall a program" menu.

You could also run this batch file
CODE

@echo off
:redo
taskkill /f /im iexplore.exe
goto redo

This batch file should kill all IE processes
BTW What AV are you using?

Using microsoft security essentials and how would you make a batch file for this kinda type

? sorry for the noob-ish question

 

[Costello]

create a new text file called something.bat or something.cmd, paste that script into it, save the file, then double click the file to run the script.
however that script is bad, what it does is repeatedly shut down internet explorer... infinitely, instantly. it's like monopolizing your CPU just to kill IE even if the tasks isnt running.
so definitely not a good idea.

 

[Ringo619]

create a new text file called something.bat or something.cmd, paste that script into it, save the file, then double click the file to run the script.
however that script is bad, what it does is repeatedly shut down internet explorer... infinitely, instantly. it's like monopolizing your CPU just to kill IE even if the tasks isnt running.
so definitely not a good idea.

Thanks for the heads up i think i will just uninstall IE9 beta and just go back to the older version IE 8 hopefully that will fix the problem

 

[Cyan]

The process explorer from windows is not very effective.

I recommend you try this one : Process Explorer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653

In this one, you will be able to see if the iexplorer.exe is really your internet explorer by checking it's path, or if it's another process with the same name.
You can also see if another process is launching them, as the parent/child process are represented by a folding tree.

Let me know is there's a parent process, it's path, and if killing it (kill tree) solved the auto-reopening of iexplorer.exe


You can also try this one : Autoruns
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902
it will list every process, dll, winlogon registry, etc. launched when booting your computer.
Do not unckeck anything if you don't know what you are doing. I give it just for information purpose.
If you are sure this is your malware, you can uncheck it though.

 

[Rydian]

Vista/7's task manager can check the path of a process, like Cyan said make sure it's actually internet explorer and not another program pretending to be it.

 

[Costello]

Cyan: you can also see process file path in the default explorer, you just have to enable the proper columns

menu "View" / "Select columns..."

 

[Cyan]

Thanks, I didn't know (I'm still on Windows XP).
Can you see the parent process too ?

it's sometime useful to understand which process launched another one. Like plugin-container.exe belongs to Firefox.exe

 

[Ringo619]

Yeah i am infected by a virus after uninstalling ie9 and then restarting my pc i went and looked in notification area and to find out that MSE is't there so i tried to manually open it and it opens for like 5 secs then closes it self down i kept trying and the same thing would happen and thats my problem now but ie9 does't appear anymore on my task manger if i restart my task bar
any one know how to fix this problem now Dx ?

EDIT: i ran malewarebytes anti maleware software and it caught this V

 

[Cyan]

malwares are often in the temporary folder. reboot and see if it's better now that you have quarantined them.
I would have liked to see the full path, filenames and registry entries.


PS :
You have a B:\ drive, or is it used by Win7 for something else ?
B:\ was reserved to the big floppy disk long ago

 

[Infinite Zero]

To be sure, run CCleaner(if you have it) to remove temp files which may be infected, like what Cyan said.
I've learned those from a professional Anti virus reviewer/tester on YouTube, languy99.

 

[Ringo619]

malwares are often in the temporary folder. reboot and see if it's better now that you have quarantined them.
I would have liked to see the full path, filenames and registry entries.


PS :
You have a B:\ drive, or is it used by Win7 for something else ?
B:\ was reserved to the big floppy disk long ago

Oh i am running a dual boot of vista and win7
and seems like the problem has gone but i still can't open MSE

 

[Originality]

MSE might've been broken by one of the viruses. Try reinstalling.