View not attached to window manager crash

I am using ACRA to report app crashes. I was getting a View not attached to window manager error message and thought I had fixed it by wrapping the pDialog.dismiss(); in an if statement:

if (pDialog!=null) 
{
    if (pDialog.isShowing()) 
    {
        pDialog.dismiss();   
    }
}

It has reduced the amount of View not attached to window manager crashes I recieve, but I am still getting some and I am not sure how to solve it.

Error message:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: View not attached to window manager
at android.view.WindowManagerGlobal.findViewLocked(WindowManagerGlobal.java:425)
at android.view.WindowManagerGlobal.removeView(WindowManagerGlobal.java:327)
at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.removeView(WindowManagerImpl.java:83)
at android.app.Dialog.dismissDialog(Dialog.java:330)
at android.app.Dialog.dismiss(Dialog.java:312)
at com.package.class$LoadAllProducts.onPostExecute(class.java:624)
at com.package.class$LoadAllProducts.onPostExecute(class.java:1)
at android.os.AsyncTask.finish(AsyncTask.java:631)
at android.os.AsyncTask.access$600(AsyncTask.java:177)
at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(AsyncTask.java:644)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5419)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1046)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:862)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Code snippet:

class LoadAllProducts extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> 
{

    /**
     * Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog
     * */
    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() 
    {
        super.onPreExecute();
        pDialog = new ProgressDialog(CLASS.this);
        pDialog.setMessage("Loading. Please wait...");
        pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
        pDialog.setCancelable(false);
        pDialog.show();
    }

    /**
     * getting All products from url
     * */
    protected String doInBackground(String... args) 
    {
        // Building Parameters
        doMoreStuff("internet");
        return null;
    }


    /**
     * After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog
     * **/
    protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) 
    {
         // dismiss the dialog after getting all products
         if (pDialog!=null) 
         {
                if (pDialog.isShowing()) 
                {
                    pDialog.dismiss();   //This is line 624!    
                }
         }
         something(note);
    }
}

Manifest:

    <activity
        android:name="pagename.CLASS" 
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize|screenLayout"            
        android:label="@string/name" >
    </activity>

What am I missing to stop this crash from happening?

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