win2000b Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 (edited) Just done msconfig and had a look at my startup files, program called ex?lore.exe loads up @ startup, anyone got any ideas what it is? spyware? run ad-aware nothing found on system!!! Edited August 10, 2004 by win2000b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Good rule of thumb, if you don't know what it is disable it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neolink Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 looks very dodgey, i say kill it :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 kill it! :angry: :angry: :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 yup uncheck it, restart, and run your spybot s&d and anti-virus programs and you shud be set ;) I find Spybot S&D and Adware to work gr8 when using the 2 together, they both catch different things I noticed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Nothing comes up on a google search for this I would definately kill it. If none of the suggested actions work I would start backing stuff up now and possibly reformat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkcrad Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 FIRE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIM Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 i would reformat if i were you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 i would reformat if i were you... What... why would he do that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkcrad Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 What... why would he do that?! whoa that's one cool sig you got there. david bowie?....am i right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIM Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 What... why would he do that?! You know what iex?lore.exe is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 whoa that's one cool sig you got there.david bowie?....am i right? Yes its David BowieYou know what iex?lore.exe is? No... but I wouldn't reformat the hard drive because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 lol......I don't know if I would go as far as formating....but kill it....if you don't know what it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIM Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 No... but I wouldn't reformat the hard drive because of it. Well...we have different opinions. Just trying to help the guy from my own experiences thats all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozak Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 kerry means the exclore thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdesmus Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 did you install a dodgy early copy of SP2 RTM by any chance? i know some of the "RTM" copies that were supposedly legit had trojans and viruses built into them, i read specifically about issues with explorer.... my $0.02 would be to format with a XP SP1 install, then upgrade to SP2 from the official MS site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
differentsky Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Err, surley there's no need to use SP1 and then upgrade to SP2 when Windows Service Packs are 'cumulative' - SP2 includes fixes that past service packs contained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev0| Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 newbie rule #1. "If you got any kind of problem, and you don't know how to fix it, FORMAT" newbie rule #2. Use FDISK for your formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 All I was saying is that reformatting seems a little extreme at least until we find out what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerLG Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Format is sometimes the only thing in people's vocabulary. I personally try to fix and format is the last resort. If it is in the registry, you need to kill the file from your hard drive. Then kill out of the registry. If it keeps coming back, then we have some sort of virus that keeps spawing this file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Not knowing what it is and waiting to see what it does could bite you in the butt in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad.C Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Reformat is the only thing that makes me sure Im on a virii free environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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