Can a memory leak in IE ever be resolved?


  1. bru
    Posts : 417
    Win 7 Home Premium x64
       #1

    Can a memory leak in IE ever be resolved?


    I previously posted about the memory leak I experience with IE8. Right now after being open for a few hours and doing general browsing it is using 1700MB, more than 65% of my total in use memory.

    I used to be able to tolerate it but now it is effecting performance requiring me to shut down the browser as it's high memory use eventually makes my system unuseable.

    I really don't think it is normal as some have said. I know I can use a different browser but I would really like to know if there is anyway to get IE not to be such a memory hog? Will moving to IE9 make any difference? I don't see the problem on my newer laptrop that uses IE9, but I wonder if my older desktop is just bound to have this problem no matter what version of IE I use.
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  2. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #2

    I doubt the problem is in IE itself but more likely in a third party add-on, many of which are not well written. It could also be malware.
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  3. bru
    Posts : 417
    Win 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    It happens with all add-ons disbled so I think I can rule that out. My MSE and MBAM scans come up clean but I suppose that doesn't mean there couldn't be malware somewhere, but how do I find it?
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  4. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #4

    Try IE10 and turn on 64bit tabs.

    If you don't like it, you can always go back:
    Internet Explorer 9 - Uninstall
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