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Explorer.exe causes Iexplore to open multiple instances and high mem
Hello my friends:
I am working on an Acer all in one touch that had a minor malware infection that is now clean.
Websearch was found and cleaned by malwarebytes.
I have scanned with the following and found no issues. Malwarebytes, eset standalone scanner, Superantispyware tech edition stand alone, ADW, TFC, Mbar root kit detector, Kaspersky rescue dvd, AVG Rescue DVD.
What happens is this.
When booted up and using a clean boot no less the pc runs for a few minutes then something invokes Iexplore. then another and another I have seen a max of 7 running and one will be at max memory use.
If I kill Iexplore another opens. if I kill explorer.exe first THEN kill iexplore (all of them) windows levels off and runs normally except I have no desktop or menus.
I have tried sfc /scannow and it fixed a few things on 3 runs but no change in IE behavior.
I have run 3 scandisks no errors no repair no change in IE
I tried to do a repair install and it tells me it cannot set up the machine to restart and exits.
This is an Acer 23" touch all in one with i5 and 4gb memory. I am currently backing up data and settings.
Please let me know what tool you would like run and I will do so Sat before I Give up on Monday and wipe the damn thing out.
Thanks