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    IE7: error message and creating lots of instance continuoulsy. Please help.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by chrisliando, May 22, 2008.

  1. chrisliando

    chrisliando Notebook Consultant

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    I just bought new notebook PC with Windows Vista Ultimate and Internet Explorer 7 for browsing, and McAfee Security Center( I don't know it is only a FREE Trial for some 30-days or what because I never ordered it ).

    Recently I am having a problem with IE.

    The error message reported that the error occured because of the McAfee Anti-Spam service.

    The problem was:
    Everytime I finish using IE and I want to close the application, IE shows error which said:

    "Internet Explorer is closing and restarting.
    The problem occured because of the McAfee Anti-Spam service."

    Then the MAIN PROBLEM is:
    After I close the error message, the IE application restarts and create a lot of instances continuously and everytime I close one application, the other was created, and so on. Although it did not make the system hung ( but I was afraid that someday it would ), it was so disturbing and I was having trouble in closing it one by one. I couldn't count how many instances were created but I can say they were MANY of them and made me so nervous and worried of the system stability.

    Then I go to the msconfig and found that the McAfee Anti Spam has its own independent service ( not depend on other McAfee products, like Firewall or Anti Virus ) and I stop the service and remove the mark check so it should be deactivated.

    Just last night when I was going to close the IE application, it generated the same error message but fortunately when I close it, it did not create lots of instance continuously it just normally terminated.

    Does anybody ever experience the same problem?

    Can you please tell me what cause this event though I have deactivated the McAfee Anti-Spam service? And how is the solution?
    What should I do?

    Hopefully it just a FREE trial so that I don't have to use it again after 30-days.

    Thank you very much.
     
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    All you have to do is uninstall McAfee...