Memory Leak in Internet Explorer Default Download Behavior

Every time you use the Startdownload method for downloading, the memory that is used by Iexplore.exe increases. You can observe this memory leak by using Performance Monitor to monitor the Private Bytes count for Iexplore.exe.

Internet Explorer does not release the heap memory that is used by the Startdownload method.

Internet Explorer 5.5

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Internet Explorer 5.01

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer version 5.01. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Internet Explorer 5.5

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Explorer 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer version 5.5 Service Pack 1.

Internet Explorer 5.01

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Explorer 5.01. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer version 5.01 Service Pack 2.