IExplore.exe goes to 99% and will not terminate

miami · Mar 31, 2010

Hi,
I'm running WinXP (2002) and just finished troubleshooting for malware with your specialist who said I am malware free, but I am still having a problem. When I run MS IExplorer it goes to 99% cpu usage. When I close the program, it still remains in the task manager and cpu remains at 99%. When I tried to terminate, it would not. I rebooted and then uninstalled and re-installed IE8, but it still goes to 99%, and does not terminate when I close the window, although now I can terminate it in task manager.
Can you help me?
Thank you

plodr · Mar 31, 2010

Since IE 8 can still cause major problems for some and it seems like you are one of those people unfortunately. If it were me, I'd uninstall IE 8 and revert back to IE 7.

miami · Apr 1, 2010

I tried your suggestion and still had the problem. Also same with firefox.
But I found the problem. It looks like Comodo Safe Surf was the cause. I shut it down and it seems to have fixed it.
Thanks for you help though.

DavidGP · Apr 2, 2010

Cheers for the update Miami, yes at times many 3rd party applications are the cause of browser issues, but the poor browser gets the blame alot, rightly so in some cases but not all so thanks for posting your resolution as it is one I will remember to ask in future in similar circumstances.

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