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I don't know where they are from, but there are around 100 Internet Explorer processes running at all times (background processes). I do NOT use Internet explorer.

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Any reason for it? It annoys me a little

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Do they come back if you kill them? – Windos Nov 5 '12 at 19:55
Not as far as I've tried – Bojan Kogoj Nov 5 '12 at 20:00
There are lots of applications that use the IE engine. What other applications do you have open? – Ramhound Nov 5 '12 at 20:57
Google talk, Firefox, Skype, Eclipse, uTorrent, Dropbox... But a few of those IE processes reopened after a while – Bojan Kogoj Nov 5 '12 at 22:08

closed as not a real question by techie007, Hennes, Dave M, ChrisF, 8088 Nov 5 '12 at 22:47

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