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The_Wanderer
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My NIS 2010 shows iexplorer.exe with the IE logo but says fewer than 10 users in the community have it, that seems a bit suspicious to me though NIS says it hasn't done anything suspicious yet and believes it to be trustworthy. It has been on my machine since 13 October
Is there a good site for checking .exe files out?
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George
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.exe file library might help you.
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Madeline
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iexplore.exe is Internet Explorer.
Thanks for the link to that very useful site, George. I've bookmarked it.
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My NIS 2010 shows iexplorer.exe
there is a difference between iexplore.exe and IEXPLORER.EXE
iexplorer.exe is spyware\adware and needs to be removed.
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The_Wanderer
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On the face of it that's what it seems to be too Madeline, I just don't follow how NIS says fewer than ten people have this particular flavour of the file if that's the case.
Several .msi files also appear in the fewer than ten user category too.
Can my version of IE be that special?
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The_Wanderer
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Definitely iexplore.exe running Bricat, though NIS 2010 says fewer than ten users in the Norton community have that file.
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that is where the confusion is coming from :-
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My NIS 2010 shows iexplorer.exe
that was in your first post.
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The_Wanderer
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Ooops Sorry about that I meant to type
My NIS 2010 shows iexplore.exe
Still don't understand why NIS should think fewer than 10 people have the version of the file that I do, unless every iexplore.exe is unique.
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bricat
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it could be just a norton mistake, but if you want, post a hjt log in the HJT forum and we'll have a look.
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The_Wanderer
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Out of interest it is here C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer and it is 8.0.6001.18828 modified 27/8/2009 06:23 created 13/10/2009 20.07 size 623 KB
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bricat
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that looks ok. i have no idea why norton doesn't like it.
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The_Wanderer
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In fairness Bricat it's not that it doesn't like it. Simply its stating that fewer than ten users have it that seemed strange to me.
I think I'll relax - maybe I'll mention it on their community forum if I can work up the enthusiasm to register or on their Feedback.
Googling brought up this thread so I don't think it's a major issue :-)
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bricat
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are you sure the size is right - 623 KB ?
I just checked mine and it is 4.5Mb
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The_Wanderer
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Seems to be somewhere between 623 and 624 as windows explorer says 624.
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that looks ok , i thought you meant that the whole folder was 623 Kb 
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