IE never shuts down!!!
 

Im getting a few popups which i have never gotten before after removing all the spyware and cookies and what not I still get them so I started to look into what starts up IE and I discovered in (Task manager) that IE never shuts down even though you cant see the supposed window the only way for me to stop ie is to end program in Task manager. Any one else have that problem. And if, anyone know why?
But it has stopped all the pop ups though.

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I had that problem but I got rid of it by formatting my harddrive, I'm pretty sure it's because IE gets some type of patch loaded into it by spyware or a popup program, so the only way to stop it is to shut down IE, just make sure your close down the Internet browser and not the system browser.

If in fact ie then one should be able to uninstall ie then go into regedit clean it up and then reinstall no ??

If infact it is in ie then one should be able to uninstall ie then go into regedit clean it up and then reinstall ie no ??
I really hate to format the HD I have about 100 gig of home video with files as big as 12 gig and no where to put them yet.

I use Spyware X-Terminator. It costs $, but it's well worth it. Make sure when you do the scan, you check the "thorough scan" box and it will get rid of a lot of the crap that opens ie. I still have trouble with ie opening up once in awhile, but it doesn't happen nearly as often after I've been running the scans.

HijackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

I've said it once and I'll say it again....

F-I-R-E-F-O-X

If not that, then at least dump Bill's bullshit.

Firefox rocks but installing it won't fix his current problem. I second installing and running HijackThis.

Thanks guys this has been a great help

yup firefox is way better than IE

slimbrowser is nice if you're looking for an alternative with low resource use and tons of features

just to be clear... is the running task which never stops, "explorer.exe" or "iexplore.exe" ?

the former is windows explorer, the latter is internet explorer. windows explorer should always be in the task manager.

Yea no its iexplore.exe and there is two of them running 1 for when i start ie and another that starts by itself but there is no screen or interface showing just the application in the taskbar and thats the one that gives me the popups I think, because when I turn it of in the taskbar I will not have popups all day, but with it on 1 or 2 popups every minute or 2.
But i have solved the problem, I reinstalled XP and now have another problem LOL I will get back later with an update

I've finally given in and downloaded this...are there any tricks to it I need to know?

go to the firefox homepage (click the throbber) and get some extensions...

extensions are just some of the things that makes firefox the best!
"adblock" is enough to make you dump IE forever.... i also use foxytunes, the new weatherfox extension, and if you're a web developer, the webdeveloper toolbar is a MUST!

Allright thanks for all the help everyone but in the end I had to format the HD and i will now try firefox
Now though I have a funny thing going on which i remember from earlier, when I boot up system32 folder opens up and if i remember correct it has something to do with Soundblaster audigy 2 help file or diagnostics something of that matter