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#1 waynf

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Posted 25 July 2005 - 03:33 PM

iexplore shows up time to time as a running process(CNTRL-ALT-DEL) and I generally know when it is there,because my system slows down, especially when I'm browsing for awhile. If I highlight it, end task it system reaction speeds up. Sometimes it shows twice on list of running processes. What is this anyway?

#2 Murray S.

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Posted 25 July 2005 - 03:51 PM

Howdy:

"iexplore.exe" is the Internet Browser from Microsoft - Internet Explorer

Murray

#3 Osiris09

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Posted 17 August 2005 - 01:11 AM

I have the same problem....he means it opens on its own and mine has opened up to 15 at one time...it just runs in the background..no browser windows pop up or anything and it slows the system down like no other...

#4 Retired Tech

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Posted 17 August 2005 - 06:33 AM

To eliminate a couple of things, boot the PC and keep tapping F8 right after the beep until you get options, select command prompt only, type scanreg.exe /fix then press enter, it will run through a few screens then say registry repaired. Press enter then press ctrl + alt + delete keys together to reboot.

When it has loaded, click start, all programmes, accessories, system tools, system information, tools then run system file checker and replace any files it asks for from the 98SE CD.

Running these checks the registry and files for Windows are in place.

#5 Osiris09

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Posted 17 August 2005 - 11:44 AM

Done. Lets see how things are now

#6 Osiris09

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Posted 17 August 2005 - 11:52 AM

ahhh that didnt solve the problem. I still hear the "click" noise like its opening a page and there are several iexplorers running.

#7 Tyger

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Posted 17 August 2005 - 12:03 PM

Osiris09, on Aug 17 2005, 11:52 AM, said:

ahhh that didnt solve the problem. I still hear the "click" noise like its opening a page and there are several iexplorers running.
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It sounds like you may have picked up some trojans or adware.

#8 Osiris09

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Posted 17 August 2005 - 12:34 PM

I know I have, but I cant get rid of them...AVG doesnt seem to do the trick and ive ran every program I have ..spybot,adware,hjt,cwshredder, and several others but it wont seem to go away! what can I do, im about to just throw it out the window.

#9 Retired Tech

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Posted 17 August 2005 - 01:24 PM

Please go here:

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/You_Must_Re..._Log-t2852.html

Run all the programmes as advised then post a current Hijack This Log to the Malware Team

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