Extra IExplore.exe process in background: TeaTimer or malware?

[bspinnaker]

Whenever I first doubleclick my Internet Explorer icon, the program itself does not appear, but a background IExplore.exe process starts to run. When I doubleclick the icon a second time, the program appears.

This seems like a malware use of the background process, but it also seemed to start happening after I installed Tea Timer. Is Tea Timer running a background IExplore.exe process?

Running Spy Bot, by the way, does not get rid of this problem.

[Terminator]

What version of Spybot are you running? The Latest is 1.6.0.30

What Version of Windows are you using?

What Anti-Virus Program are you using?

What Firewall are you using?

[bspinnaker]

I'm running Windows XP, 2002, Service Pack 1 (yes, I know, I need to upgrade)

I'm running the Norton Personal Firewall

I am not currently running anti-virus software.

So Tea Timer does not run a background process for Internet Explorer?

[Terminator]

Not having an Anti-Virus program is suicide:nono: especially in this day and age so please use one and install Service Pack 3 at once.

You still haven't said what version of Spybot your using.

Pleas read this FAQ (http://www.spybot.info/en/tutorial/index.html) on what the tea timer is and how it works.