iexplore process starts automatically hourly - why?

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Every hour while the computer is on, it tries to connect
to the internet. I found by looking at the process list
that iexplore.exe was running, and when I closed that,
the attempt to connect stopped. An hour later the
attempt is made again, with the same iexplore.exe in the
process list. I have no viruses and no adware on the
system and have gotten rid of anything in the Scheduled
Tasks that could have been responsible. What could
possibly be causing the hourly attempt to go online?
 
bnm said:
Every hour while the computer is on, it tries to connect
to the internet. I found by looking at the process list
that iexplore.exe was running, and when I closed that,
the attempt to connect stopped. An hour later the
attempt is made again, with the same iexplore.exe in the
process list. I have no viruses and no adware on the
system and have gotten rid of anything in the Scheduled
Tasks that could have been responsible. What could
possibly be causing the hourly attempt to go online?
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m.p.windoesxp.help_and_support eliminated from Follow-Up

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each need to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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