scartzy
| iexplore.exe is the main executable for Microsoft Internet Explorer. This Microsoft Windows application allows you to surf the world wide web and the Internet. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.
Note: iexplore.exe could also be a process which belongs to the . This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.
Note: iexplore.exe is a process which is registered as a trojan. This Trojan allows attackers to access your computer from remote locations, stealing passwords, Internet banking and personal data. This process is a security risk and should be removed from your system.
Determining whether iexplore.exe is a virus or a legitimate Windows process depends on the directory location it executes or runs from
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Andres
| Wich is the directory location for a legitimate iexplore.exe
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jim
| ok
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IE DIRECTORY PROVIDER
| The correct ligitimate location is C:\WINDOWS\ie7
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ghoover
| What if it is located in C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer? And why does it show as 0 bytes in the properties dialog details tab?
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| INTERNET EXPLORER
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Bobby
| if you go to show details and look closely at the file name you will see that look a likes are spelled incorrectly. The one that I blocked was named iexplore.exe I highly doubt that Microsoft misspelled a name of their file
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The informer
| Although they are correct, I have seen cases where IEXPLORE.EXE has been on and the browser not actually on. This is usually after a virus has been on your computer leaving nasty spyware undetectable by many scanners.
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evgeny
| scartzy you are correct again
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goo
| I have blocked / renamed / deleted this yet it keeps coming back! I don't ever use internet explorer yet it seems to open for a second every few seconds as a system process.
No matter what I try it keeps coming back.
The version on my pc is definitely third party malware. (and not the usual windows malware)
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lol
| Dude, you wouldnt be on this page without it
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stefan michna
| there are two of these entries, unable to deturming if there could be a problem, info on your web page did not give that situation,
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bjmay
| Why do I have three of these in taskmanager
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Stephen Peth
| C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe is the legitimit location and name of Internet Explorer.
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| internet acces
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sam
| I have 3 instances of ctfmon.exe process information -windows internet explorer. why are there 3?
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jted
| I have 3 instances running also. I noticed that I coincidentally have 3 applications open (Glary Main Prog, Glary Process Mgr, and IExplore.exe), and the start times of those 3 instances (shown under "details")seems to coincide with the times that each of the applications opened. Unless I read otherwise here, I'll assume this is correct.
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sam
| I have 3 of these running, with various sizes from 70KB another is 75 KB, and another is 21KB...all showing the same levels. how many of these are you supposed to have?
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