Immunize: "Open Browsers Detected"

[OldBuffalo]

Every time I click "immunize" I get the warning "Open Browsers Detected" - but don't see any browsers open.

By which I mean: There are no browser icons on the Task Bar.

In the past I have clicked "Immunize" anyway, and it took several tries to get everything protected. Today 44 items are left "unprotected" in several categories despite clicking "immunize" several times.

I checked the "Task Manager" to see if any browsers are open.

Under the Task Manager "Applications" tab no browsers are shown open.

But when I click the "Processes" tab in the Task Manager I see one instance of "explorer.exe" and one or two of "iexplore.exe" - should I terminate these processes?

I am running XP Home and IE8.

Any ideas?

 

[Matt]

Hi OldBuffalo,

:welcome: to Safer Networking Forums.

But when I click the "Processes" tab in the Task Manager I see one instance of "explorer.exe" and one or two of "iexplore.exe" - should I terminate these processes?

The process iexplore.exe belongs to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. You should close the IE before you start to immunize your system with Spybot.

Don't terminate explorer.exe.