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iexplore.exe shouldn't be there
Name: SteveWalsh Date: August 30, 2004 at 11:43:13 Pacific OS: XP home CPU/Ram: 2.0
Comment:
Hi i use Mozilla Firefox as a browser so i was instantly suspicious when i'm running photoshop and i notice a large slowdown. I press ctrl alt delete and i don't see many suspicious processes. I'm pretty well acustomed to what is running in the background. But i've started to notice a process called iexplore.exe But what's weird is i don't have internet explorer running AT ALL and its not a normal process that runs in the background of XP i looked on my brothers computer and he doesn't have it always runnign in the background.
There are 2 instances of it and they take up a significant amount of RAM compared to other applications. What's weird is when i rnan an online scan and spybot it didn't find anyting. So any help would be much apreciated.
Name: Arman Date: August 30, 2004 at 12:04:31 Pacific
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If Mozilla Firefox is not your default browser, running Photoshop (Adobe LM Service) will use "iexplore.exe" to connect to internet.
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Response Number 2
Name: SteveWalsh Date: August 30, 2004 at 12:33:22 Pacific
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i do have it set as my default browser
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Response Number 3
Name: ham30 Date: August 30, 2004 at 13:08:20 Pacific
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I believe there is a bad guy named lexplore (a lower case L instead of an i).
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Response Number 4
Name: Arman Date: August 30, 2004 at 13:22:18 Pacific
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Depends on the path, if the full path showing C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe, its OK. But if the path is C:\Windows\Iexplore.exe or C:\WinNT\Iexplore.exe then one of the many other viruses masquerading as Internet Explorer.
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Response Number 5
Name: Abnormal Date: August 30, 2004 at 16:13:10 Pacific
Summary: Check to see if iexplore.exe is in system32 - if it is, then it's a virus (it shouldn't be there !!) Close iexplore process in task manager, and delete the file. If u get 'Access Denied', then re-star...
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Summary: Try running Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta1. Its the best one I've found so far. Also... click on Start - Run and type in msconfig . See if it is loading from a different location other the the Registry. ...
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