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peiraster · 07-04-2007, 11:54 PM

Each time I reboot my PC the task "iexplore.exe" is running in the background (without Internet Explorer being open) utilizing over 50% of CPU and forcing me to terminate it from Task Manager.I fully scanned my PC with Norton Internet Security 2005, ESET NOD32, Spyware Doctor, Webroot Spysweeper, SuperAntispyware, Adaware, Spybot and Xoftspy and none of them report any malware. Once ended from Task Manager the task "iexplore.exe" won't reappear and everything goes to normal (no CPU load) unless of course I use Internet Explorer. Also, if I start my PC in safe mode "iexplore.exe" won't show in task manager, so it seems this happens only after rebooting in normal mode.How can I fix this? Thanks.
MY PC: Win XP SP2 with latest patches, running on a P4 3.06Ghz, 2Gb RDRAM, 320Gb EIDE WD

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peiraster Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 57 OS: WinXP SP2	iexplore.exe running each time I reboot/Please help Each time I reboot my PC the task "iexplore.exe" is running in the background (without Internet Explorer being open) utilizing over 50% of CPU and forcing me to terminate it from Task Manager.I fully scanned my PC with Norton Internet Security 2005, ESET NOD32, Spyware Doctor, Webroot Spysweeper, SuperAntispyware, Adaware, Spybot and Xoftspy and none of them report any malware. Once ended from Task Manager the task "iexplore.exe" won't reappear and everything goes to normal (no CPU load) unless of course I use Internet Explorer. Also, if I start my PC in safe mode "iexplore.exe" won't show in task manager, so it seems this happens only after rebooting in normal mode.How can I fix this? Thanks. MY PC: Win XP SP2 with latest patches, running on a P4 3.06Ghz, 2Gb RDRAM, 320Gb EIDE WD