IE6 memory usage

[Dubhead]

Hello I've been noticing lately that when surfing iexplorer.exe is using upwards of 200mb of ram (Task Manager) and the system is almost at standstill until I closedown windows.. Don't think it's malware or such

thanks

[Go The Power]

Hello and welcome to TSF

try updateing to IE7 and see if the same problem occurs

[Dubhead]

Hi,

Is that the only solution as I don't like IE7 to be honest..

[Go The Power]

Hello again,

That is not the only solution it is just a test.

Plus there is a quick fix in ie7 that usually fixes this type of problem but the fix doesnt work in ie6

please also do this

• Click Here to download ToolbarCop. Save it to your desktop.
• Go to your desktop and extract toolbarcop.zip.
• Go to the extracted files
• Double click on Toolbarcop.exe
• Click on the notepad symbol:
• A notepad file should pop up, please copy and paste Everything from the notepad file and paste it back into this thread.

[ghent69]

Nifty little tool; however, it doesn't seem to do much that HijackThis.exe doesn't already do. Nothing unusual appeared there, for me. I notice a similar issue on my laptop - IE 6 can use obscene amounts of memory after surfing for awhile. I got upwards of 350mb the other day, and a total pagefile of over 1gb. Really obscene %) Right now, just surfing these forums for awhile, iexplore.exe is using over 190mb.

It's not THAT debilitating, a simple restart of IE6 will always clear the used memory down by quite a bit (much more pagefile size disappears than the amount of memory being used by the iexplore.exe process). It's just annoying. Coupled with this, tho, is the multiple instances of IE that never fully load problem, mentioned in another thread. Dubhead should check what processes are going in the task manager, and the amounts of mem & CPU time used there.

[Dubhead]

hello again heres the log you requested

Browser Add-on Report generated by ToolbarCop v3.4
27/06/2008 09:53:24
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Browser Extension: n/a - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\ssv.dll - Enabled - All Users

Browser Extension: ieSpell - {0E17D5B7-9F5D-4FEE-9DF6-CA6EE38B68A8} - res://C:\Program Files\ieSpell\iespell.dll/SPELLCHECK.HTM - Enabled - All Users

Browser Extension: n/a - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - - Enabled - All Users

Toolbar: &Address - {01E04581-4EEE-11D0-BFE9-00AA005B4383} - %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\Browseui.dll - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: &Links - {0E5CBF21-D15F-11D0-8301-00AA005B4383} - %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {0B53EAC3-8D69-4B9E-9B19-A37C9A5676A7} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {2318C2B1-4965-11D4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {11359F4A-B191-42D7-905A-594F8CF0387B} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {8FF5E180-ABDE-46EB-B09E-D2AAB95CABE3} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {C4069E3A-68F1-403E-B40E-20066696354B} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: SnagIt - {8FF5E183-ABDE-46EB-B09E-D2AAB95CABE3} - C:\Program Files\TechSmith\SnagIt 7\SnagItIEAddin.dll - Enabled - All Users

Toolbar: Super Ad Blocker Toolbar - {B4B3001E-0F56-4E51-8250-BDE11547EC55} - C:\Program Files\SuperAdBlocker.com\Super Ad Blocker\sabtb.dll - Enabled - All Users

BHO: SuperAdBlockerBHO Class - {00000000-6C30-11D8-9363-000AE6309654} - C:\Program Files\SuperAdBlocker.com\Super Ad Blocker\SABBHO.dll - Enabled - All Users

BHO: HelperObject Class - {00C6482D-C502-44C8-8409-FCE54AD9C208} - C:\Program Files\TechSmith\SnagIt 7\SnagItBHO.dll - Enabled - All Users

BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll - Enabled - All Users

BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - - Enabled - All Users

BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\ssv.dll - Enabled - All Users

Menu Extension: &Lookup Meaning - - res://C:\Program Files\ieSpell\iespell.dll/LOOKUPMEANING.HTM - Enabled - Current User

Menu Extension: Search &Dictionary - - C:\Program files\Lexico\Toolbar\dictionary.htm - Enabled - Current User

Menu Extension: Search &Thesaurus - - C:\Program files\Lexico\Toolbar\thesaurus.htm - Enabled - Current User

Run - Startup: WMPNSCFG - - C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe - Enabled - Current User

Run - Startup: SuperAdBlocker - - C:\Program Files\SuperAdBlocker.com\Super Ad Blocker\SAdBlock.exe - Enabled - Current User

Run - Startup: SM1BG - - C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE - Enabled - All Users

Run - Startup: SunJavaUpdateSched - - "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\jusched.exe" - Enabled - All Users

Run - Startup: egui - - "C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice - Enabled - All Users



List of running Processes
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\SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe
\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe
C:\Program Files\SuperAdBlocker.com\Super Ad Blocker\SABSVC.EXE
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrn.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SM1BG.EXE
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
C:\Program Files\SuperAdBlocker.com\Super Ad Blocker\SAdBlock.exe
C:\Program Files\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe
C:\Program Files\Soulseek\slsk.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Justyn\Desktop\Toolbarcop.exe


Operating System details
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Operating System: Windows XP 5.1
Build: 2600
Service Pack level: Service Pack 2

[Go The Power]

Open up Toolbar cop again, find the following entries:

Toolbar: (Empty) - {0B53EAC3-8D69-4B9E-9B19-A37C9A5676A7} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {2318C2B1-4965-11D4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {11359F4A-B191-42D7-905A-594F8CF0387B} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {8FF5E180-ABDE-46EB-B09E-D2AAB95CABE3} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User

Toolbar: (Empty) - {C4069E3A-68F1-403E-B40E-20066696354B} - (empty) - Enabled - Current User


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[Dubhead]

Did all that and still the same.. looks like I may jusat have to put up with it..

Thanks