Unable to open IE, but can see IE process running in task manager

[rana]

hi
I am using IE 6 sp 2 on win xp sp 2, It was good untill yesterday,
then suddenly I am unable to open IE, where as i can see the
iexplore.exe running in the task manager.
If i click IE icon again, one more iexplore.exe process has started
in tast manager but the browser is not opening.
These multiple processes of iexplore is consuming who of my CPU time.
And this is affecting other applications like mcafee, yahoo
messenger. same symptoms are found for those applications too.
CPU is getting consumed 99% without any application being opened.

And when i restarted the pc in diagnostic mode. IE was was working
good.

I am using Mcafee as my security system.

Hope some one got the solution for this problem and wish to get it
fixed soon.

thanks

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Sounds like you`ve got some serious Highjacking going on there or something.

Take a look at the following thread by RBS and follow the instructions exactly.

How to remove Begin2search/Coolwebsearch

Might be a good idea to print it out.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[poertner_1274]

I know that if you use IE and then close it sometimes it doesn't close all the way. I have had this problem with Opera, when my last site I browse to is a certain site. Anwyay, all you have to do is simply go to the task manager and choose to end all those IE tasks, then the next time you open IE it should open ok. As long as there are no more instances running in your processes list. HTH

BTW
:wave:Welcome to TechSpot:wave:

 

[rana]

Thanks Howard

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

hi howard, thanks for your reply.
I got my IE problem fixed. But I am not sure how i have exactly done.

Here is what I have done,

I have reinstalled the IE from the cd, same problem again.

I have installed Microsofts new antispyware beta, it has found some spywares but not much risk found with them.

I have updated mcafee services.

Then I remembered that I have installed mcafee private services couple of days back.
Then after that every thing seem to be fine with IE.

I have done couple of things mentioned above simultaneously, once it didn't work and then when i repeated the same thing of checking and scaning it worked.

Anyhow ........every thing is fine now.............thanks

Regards ,
Rana

 

[StormyNight]

hi
I am using IE 6 sp 2 on win xp sp 2, It was good untill yesterday,
then suddenly I am unable to open IE, where as i can see the
iexplore.exe running in the task manager.
If i click IE icon again, one more iexplore.exe process has started
in tast manager but the browser is not opening.
These multiple processes of iexplore is consuming who of my CPU time.
And this is affecting other applications like mcafee, yahoo
messenger. same symptoms are found for those applications too.
CPU is getting consumed 99% without any application being opened.

And when i restarted the pc in diagnostic mode. IE was was working
good.

I am using Mcafee as my security system.

Hope some one got the solution for this problem and wish to get it
fixed soon.

thanks

This is something you may want to check into. It seems you aren't the only one who is having this issue. There are a lot of people who have had this same problem within the past couple of days.

EDIT: I know you said you got it fixed. However, I posted the link for others to see and in case you wanted to check and see if there was anything on that link that could prove of use to you.