iexplore.exe
Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Warning 10 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of iexplore.exe.
Overview
There are 157 versions of iexplore.exe in the wild, the latest version being 9.00.8112.16421 (WIN7_IE9_RTM.110308-0330). iexplore.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 733.49 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. The programs Qualcomm Atheros WiFi Driver Installation, Windows Internet Explorer 8 and Printer Installer Client have been observed as installing specific variations of iexplore.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 125.8 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 169.36 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 626.99 KB per minute for reads and 352.7 KB per minute for writes.
What is iexplore.exe?
IExplore.exe is at the top level, and is the Internet Explorer executable. It is a small application that relies on the other main components of Internet Explorer to do the work of rendering, navigation, protocol implementation, and so on.
About iexplore.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Internet Explorer harnesses the untapped power of your PC, delivering pages full of vivid graphics, smoother video, and interactive content. Experience the web the way you want to with a cleaner look”
 Details
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| File name: | iexplore.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows® Internet Explorer |
| Description: | Internet Explorer |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe |
| Original name: | IEXPLORE.EXE.MUI |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, July 19, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of iexplore.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Shell open commands
- InternetShortcut
- gopher
- xmlfile
- mhtmlfile
- https
- http
- htmlfile
- giffile
- ftp
Scheduled tasks
- The job '{2DCD1DD7-C11A-429A-A73E-B7C06B5288CE}' runs on registration in the path '\{2DCD1DD7-C11A-429A-A73E-B7C06B5288CE}'
- The task '0' runs on registration in the path '\0'
- Entry path '\{F52A412A-BF19-43F0-9A64-A7635E8DC441}'
- Entry path '\{A0ED8340-3EBF-407B-9181-B177CB8C91AC}'
- Entry path '\{C85893AF-48E9-4371-A720-F91763741032}'
- Entry path '\{E3EE4F69-54AD-40B0-BB0D-F846D4839B31}'
- Entry path '\{E6678BA6-9C0A-4177-A955-18988280D8CE}'
- Entry path '\{1F0F3AF1-B4FB-4ECF-8C3D-E70230A4EAF8}'
- Entry path '\{37096154-151E-4C6A-A69A-0589BA6F83A1}'
- Entry path '\{0A618BA5-5398-4806-8100-24804C1216E1}'
- Entry path '\{485496E3-41BB-4DF5-A718-630C8BA22E6F}'
- Entry path '\{CD5A0253-D2CF-4205-870A-E90F9A40F625}'
- Entry path '\{A4909D77-9F8D-410D-9B0A-B172C0AE3631}'
- Entry path '\{8DCB27B6-E658-4137-81D8-8C4200E39868}'
- Entry path '\{BB0B782A-2F49-4120-ABD6-530D1689CA19}'
- Entry path '\{F973F453-5ABC-4978-AC93-5DD83E4B4406}'
- Entry path '\{D27F0000-033A-46C5-9D2E-3D372CD959B6}'
- Entry path '\{922DD4DC-9EB4-4E41-9269-E01693E46628}'
- Entry path '\{8F763676-FB55-4349-BCD1-31C5FE196FC4}'
- Entry path '\{28D89BCA-D56A-4A1D-904D-3146FE4CD614}'
- Entry path '\{1F94BCFB-87D6-4590-9507-7A299B32075B}'
- Entry path '\{0ECF2570-093D-4D33-9FE7-FDD0E57FEF2D}'
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 10 of them detected the following malware.
All file variations of iexplore.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
38.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
15.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
11.25% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.75% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.75% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.50% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
3.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
1.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.75% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.25% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
0.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 56.00% of Windows® Internet Explorer.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
26.48% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
18.18% |
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| ASUS |
18.18% |
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| Acer |
12.45% |
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| Toshiba |
7.51% |
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| Lenovo |
7.11% |
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| Sony |
4.35% |
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| Samsung |
3.36% |
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| Alienware |
1.58% |
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| GIGABYTE |
0.79% |
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