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ie.exe is the name of a file that was used in windows95.
Product Name Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
Copyright Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1995
In the later and current versions windows this filename has been truncated. And probably it may have been/ or being used in some legitimate applications as well. But recently this filename appears to be used by virus writers to infect your computer. So if you have a process/ file of this name running on your computer, check whether it belongs to a legitimate application or not.
| Aliases: These are a number of viruses that are reported to save a file of this name ie.exe on an infected computer. see more information on this link
| Delete these Files: These are some of the places where the malicious ie.exe could be found
%System%\com\ie.exe
%System%\com\iexplore.exe
%System%\ie.exe
%System%\iexplore.exe
%Temp%\tmp2.tmp\ie.exe
%Windir%\ie.exe
%AppData% is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data.
%ProgramFiles% refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.
%System% refers to the System folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).
%Temp% refers to the temporary folder in the short path form. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\ (Windows NT/2000/XP).
%Windir% refers to the Windows installation folder. By default, this is C:\Windows or C:\Winnt. | | View Hidden Files: Before you could delete them, you need to search for them, and before doing that you need to enable to view hidden files and folders Click here to read more... | | Boot in safe mode: Sometimes you will not be able to delete a file even if you find it, in that case you should boot in safe mode and then try to delete it/ them. Click here to read more... | | End Process in the Task Manager: If you find the virus processes running in the Task Manager, you can select them one by one and press End process button, that will help you to delete them from the hard disk. Click here to read more... | | Unable to Open Task Manager: If that happens, you can try these free tools to enable the task manager again. Click here to read more... | | Run CCleaner : If you manage to find the viruses and delete them, even then there will be associated entries in the windows registry. If you run a free software called CCleaner, that will help you to automatically clean the registry from the virus entries. Click here to read more... | Delete the registry keys manually: If you are brave enough to do so. You can edit the registry by using the windows built in registry editor. Click here to read more... For the details of registry keys created by the different variations of the viruses, here is a link . Open it in leisure. | reprinted with permission from threatexpert
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