Help please guys!

Discussion in 'Off Topic Area' started by tom pain, Jun 29, 2006.

  1. tom pain

    tom pain I want Chewbacc for good

    When I open up the task manager, I can see this process running:

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    It calls itself iexplore.exe and as you can see, it takes up a fair chunk of memory.

    Does anyone else have this? Or know what it does? It can't be Internet Explorer as there is none open. I was starting to think it may be a Trojan or something:mellow:

    And for those who think it may not be a problem, if I end the process it re-starts itself:

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    and takes up more than it's fair share of CPU!

    Anyone else have experience with it? I'm tempted to get my PC re-booted if it doesn't go away...
     
  2. Moosey

    Moosey invariably, a moose Supporter

    Last edited: Jun 29, 2006
  3. gornex

    gornex Valued Member

    iexplore is internet explorer, you can close it and it won't do anything, execpt close one if you have one open, i dunno why but i always have those running. when ever i close one another opens, i think i have a virus or something lol. But yeah you can close it, but don't get it confused with normal explore, its different then iexplore
     
  4. bcullen

    bcullen They are all perfect.

    Close all other programs and click on the 'start' button, select the run command and type cmd and click the 'ok' button. In the little black window that comes up type netstat -a and press enter. This will show all current communications taking place and might give you a clue as to what the problem is. You can re run the command by hitting the up arrow and enter.
     
  5. Wali

    Wali Valued Member

    'iexplore.exe' is the process that is run each time you open a Windows Explorer browser window. If you have 4 windows explorer windows open, you will have 4 instances of the iexplore.exe process showing in Task Manager.

    If you right click any of them and select 'End Process', you'll see that the Windows explorer for which that process corresponds, will close.

    It is nothing to worry about.
     
  6. Saz

    Saz Nerd Admin

    Thats explorer.exe

    iexplore.exe is internet explorer.

    And it shouldn't be running if you don't have IE open. The fact its reopening when you terminate it is very dodgy.

    However, by looking at your screenshot, it appears you have no firewall running (Windows Firewall doesn't count), and windows is not up to date. Also, CCAPP.EXE is either Norton, or spyware. Are you running Norton?
     
  7. tom pain

    tom pain I want Chewbacc for good

    I'm running Norton. I find it dodgy that it takes up so much memory. :(
     
  8. Saz

    Saz Nerd Admin

    I used to run Norton and had the same problem. I switched to AVG Antivirus instead.

    What about a firewall, and when was the last time you ran Windows Update?
     
  9. tom pain

    tom pain I want Chewbacc for good

    Firewall is on. Windoes update...I'm not too sure on the exact date. Anyway to check?


    BTW do appreciate the help folks. :)
     
  10. Saz

    Saz Nerd Admin

    Last edited: Jul 1, 2006
  11. tom pain

    tom pain I want Chewbacc for good

    Yep Windows Firewall.

    As for the updates history, that option is grayed out. :confused:
     
  12. Saz

    Saz Nerd Admin

  13. TheCount

    TheCount Happiness is a mindset

    Personally I tried Zonealarm and fuond it to be a rabid memory muncher. Incredible lagger for computer processes, but thats just me.
     
  14. Wali

    Wali Valued Member

    DOH!! That's what I meant... Internet Explorer, not Windows Explorer. I also keep calling a Citrix Farm a Web Farm!
     
  15. Saz

    Saz Nerd Admin

    Web Farm... I think I like that better than Citrix farm :D

    ZA is only taking up around 5 megs of memory at the moment on my PC. Firefox is the biggest resource hog I've seen in a long while. Thats taking up 50 megs!
     
  16. Durkhrod Chogori

    Durkhrod Chogori Valued Member


    Tom,

    Here's a good guide for keeping your box safe:

    http://www.dslreports.com/faq/security


    Take your time as this kind of set up requires many hours of learning the basics of Internet security.

    Good luck.
     

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