One of the banner ads causes 100% CPU Utilisation in IE

ozbear · **30th September 2008, 11:17 AM**

Now that I've changed pages I can't remember which one it was, but there is a banner ad that drives IE7 under Vista 100% CPU busy and it is very slow to get off that page since, well, the system is so busy. It's one of the animated ones, that much I remember.

Anyone else seen this? If/when it happens again I'll note what was being displayed at the tme.

Oz

Mike · **30th September 2008, 11:06 PM**

Mmmm - interesting.

I'd need to know which banner before I can act, thanks for the heads up Oz and here's hoping we can ID the offender.

Mike

ozbear · **2nd October 2008, 09:32 AM**

Mike,
Happened again this morning on this banner animated AMEX banner. 100% CPU utilisation, Vista SP1, IE7, only IE7 running and only one tab open (this site) at the time. Utilisation goes back to normal when another add is displayed.

Oz

ozbear · **2nd October 2008, 06:58 PM**

Here it is:

Mike · **2nd October 2008, 07:13 PM**

Thanks Oz,

I've emailed the ad agency and asked them to check it out at their end, I haven't ben able to personally verify the behaviour you mention since I haven't seen the ad yet.

I'll report back when I receive more information.

Mike