ieplore.exe twice in task manager

#1 tug

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Posted 23 August 2009 - 03:45 PM

I was taking a look at a few things in Event Viewer and noticed "iexplore" so I googled it and found this link http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/iexplore.exe.html < which says its ok but not if you have two of them running, So I started up IE and opened TM and saw I have two running, one usings 8+k of memory and the other using about 33+k of memory.
Why do I have two?
Is that a very bad thing like the posts say?

#2 PropagandaPanda

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Posted 23 August 2009 - 04:12 PM

Hello tug.

This is usually nothing to worry about, and is normal for IE8.

Please read this article.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/multiple...net-explorer-8/

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#3 tug

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Posted 23 August 2009 - 06:07 PM

Thanks The Panda, That has cleared things up, I checked the "properties" of both and they are identical. That forum thread I posted was a bit misleading and I panicked so thanks for putting me at ease, could you or someone else take a look at my other thread http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ind...p;#entry1382616 and take a look over the logs I posted?

Once again thanks.

#4 Sevvie

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Posted 24 August 2009 - 10:37 PM

Just as a note - there is a process library that I find more informative than neuber - www.fileinspect.com For example, have a look at iexplore.exe article there and compare to neuber: http://www.fileinspect.com/fileinfo/iexplore-exe/

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