Google chrome create a lot of process

[shaun166]

I am wondering why google chrome have so many process when I never even browsing(0 TAB)?
I thought that was normal but i open up firefox and ie to try.. they used 1 process only o.o

 

[fireberd]

I checked my chrome and with just one tab open in chrome I see 3 entries in the Task Manager. If I open a second tab, I see one additonal task manager entry.

 

[shaun166]

wow..I was wondering if i am infected with a virus but kaspersky scanned nothing. =x

 

[fireberd]

If you don't have it, download the free malwarebytes, malware/spyware scanner and run that.

 

[MDR]

that's normal...
i have 10 tabs open, i get 12 processes

 

[cluberti]

Chrome opens every add-in and extension in it's own process. If you have many loaded, you'll have many processes - In chrome, right-click the top bar where there are no tabs and select "Task Manager". This will show you which process is loading which add-in (or which site in which browser tab).

 

[G1LLY]

I currently have 1 Tab open & 3 Extensions installed & have 5 chrome.exe processes running.

Your's does seem like an excessive amount but could be normal like has already been said, anyway have a look at this link - Multiple Chrome.exe Process running for a single tab opened. - Google Chrome Help

 

[swarfega]

You aren't infected. Its perfectly normal behaviour. Its a feature of Chrome that they give a process for each tab and each extension. So if one tab or extension crashes, it doesn't bring down the whole browser and usually the crashed tab restarts itself.

I have 22 chrome processes but I have a number of extensions and Im not overly concerned with the large number. Although it would be nice to have an option to have just one process.

 

[brianzion]

have a read of these links it will help you understand
Chromium Blog: Multi-process Architecture
Google Chrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[shaun166]

Thanks guys. You all answered my question! <3