Re: iexplore.exe

From: Menno Hershberger (mhersh22_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:45:50 -0800

Malke <malke@nospoonnotreally.com> wrote in news:#OdQnC3BEHA.3804
@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:

> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>
>> OK.. I guess I didn't make it real clear, but I did mention that
>> it
>> wasn't specific to Eudora... that's just where I notice it the most.
>> It
>> has happened in other apps as well. And then there's been times when
>> I shut windows down and a window comes up saying it's trying to "end"
>> iexplore.exe. I usually have to end it manually. Even though Internet
>> Explorer was not running at the time of shutdown.
>>
>
> Well, as you pointed out, iexplore.exe is Internet Explorer. The reason
> that I first mentioned the possibility that this is a virus is because
> having more than one instance of IE running is a classic symptom of
> trojan infection. I did find this one page about multiple instances of
> IE running, which mentions a few trojan names:
>
> http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/7939.html
>
Thanks. That was close. I read a couple of the replys and it lead me off
into some more security checking. Posted my Hijack this log in
alt.privacy.spyware... nothing fruitful there... yet anyway. I'll keep
plugging away and get it figured out some time.
Thanks for your help. 

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