Internet Exployer Running in Stealth Mode

I seldom or never use Internet Exployer, however it loads itself and is running in the background. I tried uninstalling it and it is like the monster who will not die. Even in task manager I could not close it. There were 4 running once today. The last check was 2 and one was ads running. It started when we updated to the 10G plan and since then we are going over 7 to 8.
When I went to my local store with this problem they were aware that my high useage was Internet Exployer. They told me to shut m mifi off every time I was not using the net, because In Ex was running even if my pc was off. Any ideas? Has it happened to you too?
Cannot Verizon do something? Maybe they don't care because they get paid more, a lot more when this happens.

A few points:
You're talking to users of Verizon's residential services here. It seems like you're concerned about data usage on a wireless plan using a WiFi hot spot. If you want to talk to users of Verizon's wireless services, visit their forums at http://www.verizonwireless.com/
Verizon (wired or wireless) doesn't support computers. If you have issues with your computer, you can ask other uses in any of a number of forums, use Google to see if you can find similar issues and solutions or pay for support from any of a number of companies.
Finally, IE doesn't just eat cycles and download stuff in the background. If you don't use it, it does nothing. If you are detecting unexpected IE usage, chances are pretty good that your computer has a virus or malware. Get a good Anti-Virus program and use it, always. Microsoft Security Essentials is an excellent, free option.
Good Luck.
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can anyone help me with this very bizzare ( may be normal ) issue.
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To Whom this Concerns, I am and have been a loyal Verizon wireless customer for years and until most recent years and months have been satisfied with service and more importantly (COST of SERVICES).
The above said; while the board of Verizon Wireless continues to raid the customers wallet for like services that other providers can apparently provide for ruffly half the cost - I would like to offer some genuine ways business that should be done while at the same time your taking from your customers.
First - how about providing a direct link to the CEO of this company - stop hiding - be proud of the service you provide and if you are proud and stand by your commitment of ethical business then this should be right up front on your website and or thru TV spot service announcements.
Listen to your customer - be a partner - not a leach - don't prey on the customer that has made a choice to do business with you << this goes a long way.
Reducing your rates especially for those customers that have been loyal and have multiple lines seems quite in-line with doing good business and while you must answer to the board of directors, your business is currently near 100 billion yearly, this should provide well for corporate bonus payouts but does very little for the average consumer that at the end of the day is putting those very bonus payouts in your pockets.
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Discontinue the act of offering a extended service such as the additional 5 gigs of data for $20.00, instead now you have upped this to $40.00 for a reduced amount of service to 4 gigs. This is not a commodity, this is simple cost of services rendered - treat it as such instead of the continual barrage of attack on your customer.
I look forward to some answers that are worthy of my time that has been spent here.
Regards, C. Meek

Well you will be sitting there waiting. This is a peer to peer forum and customer service reps only occasionally drop in. Go back to the verizon main page and click on the contact us link. Or call 8009220204.

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Thanks for your reply Frank.
Frank Nimphius wrote:
its bug 13906617 "ADD ADF FACES NOT SUPPORTED ON IE COMPATIBILITY MODE TO THE DOCUMENTATION"
I was unable to find bug 13906617 on My Oracle Support. Has bug 13906617 been published?
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Hey @n1c0l4 ,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand you're experiencing issues with downloads in Internet Explorer on your Omni 10 tablet.
Can you tell me if you have the same issues with another browser?
You may also want to try a system restore to before the update went through. To run a system restore see here: Using Microsoft System Restore (Windows 8)
Thanks!
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The objective of stealth mode is to make sure hackers don't even know we exist so that they won't have reason to port scan our IP in the attempt to hack in. —When I ran a development web server for a while I monitored log files via Console seeing all kinds of external hack attempts!!
What I'm looking for is `stateful packet inspection` with all ports `stealthed`. Better yet, the AEBS needs to provide a configuration wizard for customers both who just want to run it out of the box AND include expert options (i.e. LinkSys, NetGear, D-Link, ...) so that we can fine-tune the firewall to our needs!
The main reason for my reply was to show that others have the same concerns and to solicit a meaningful response from Apple that satisfies this concern.
~Cheers
PS: I've also used grc.com to test my vulnerability from the outside world as well as asking external SysAdmins to port-scan my system.

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I know that there are many posts on the internet dealing with FF having to be run under Admin. mode, but none of the guesses as to why have solved this problem. I also realize that most people running 21, judging from the lack of reaction, are running fine in user mode. But it would seem that the FF development team would be interested in this situation.
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