var isIE = navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1;

function clearIt() {
	if (isIE) {
		//Array of elements to be replaced
		var arrElements = new Array(3);
		arrElements[0] = "object";
		arrElements[1] = "embed";
		arrElements[2] = "applet";

		//Loop over element types
		for (var n = 0; n < arrElements.length; n++) {
			//set object for brevity
			replaceObj = document.getElementsByTagName(arrElements[n]);

			//loop over element objects returned
			for (var i = 0; i < replaceObj.length; i++ ) {
				//set parent object for brevity
				parentObj = replaceObj[i].parentNode;

				//grab the html inside of the element before removing it from the DOM
				newHTML = parentObj.innerHTML;

				//remove element from the DOM
				parentObj.removeChild(replaceObj[i]); 
			}
		}
		
		CollectGarbage();
	}

}