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9.00.8112.16421 (WIN7_IE9_RTM.110308-0330) 1.97%
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iexplore.exe

Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove iexplore.exe
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Warning 17 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of iexplore.exe.

Overview

iexplore.exe has 187 known versions, the most recent one is 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. During installation the program adds a job to the Task Scheduler. The average file size is about 681.76 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Microsoft Corporation by the certification authority Microsoft Corporation. The programs Qualcomm Atheros WiFi Driver Installation, Windows Internet Explorer 8 and SpeedMon 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 123.59 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 162.66 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 623.29 KB per minute for reads and 351.36 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

DetailsDetails

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

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Windows® Internet Explorer.)
BitTorrent Inc.
8% remove
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Citrix Systems, Inc.
5% remove
Use the "Online plug-in – web" to access hosted applications and desktops using Windows Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers.
ConocoPhillips
4% remove
IE7Pro Team
  70% remove
IE7Pro is a web browser extension that changes the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers. In order to provide search advertising revenue, the software is designed not only to modify the ...
InetStat
22% remove
Maxthon International Limited
4% remove
MDL Information Systems, Inc.
1% remove
MDL Chime is a free plugin used by web browsers to display the three dimensional structures of molecules. It is part of the ISIS product line acquired by Symyx Technologies from scientific publisher E...
Microsoft Corporation
5% remove
Windows IE8 (Internet Explorer 8) is a web browser from Microsoft. IE8 contains many new features, including WebSlices and Accelerators (Accelerators are a form of selection-based search which allow a...
Microsoft Corporation
1% remove
Internet Explorer 7 has been designed to make everyday tasks easier, provide dynamic security protection and improve the development platform and manageability. End user improvements include a streaml...
Microsoft Corporation
1% remove
Microsoft Corporation
2% remove
Microsoft Corporation
5% remove
Microsoft Corporation
5% remove
Windows IE8 (Internet Explorer 8) is a web browser from Microsoft. IE8 contains many new features, including WebSlices and Accelerators (Accelerators are a form of selection-based search which allow a...
Microsoft Corporation
1% remove
Windows IE8 (Internet Explorer 8) is a web browser from Microsoft. IE8 contains many new features, including WebSlices and Accelerators (Accelerators are a form of selection-based search which allow a...
Microsoft Corporation
8% remove
Microsoft Corporation
2% remove
Microsoft Corporation
1% remove
Microsoft Corporation
2% remove
NetMon
1% remove
Nolij Corporation
9% remove

BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of iexplore.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Shell open commands
  • InternetShortcut
  • gopher
  • xmlfile
  • https
  • http
  • ftp
  • mhtmlfile
  • htmlfile
  • giffile
Scheduled tasks
  • The task '{28A27677-1781-49A8-B133-EB46963B3733}' runs on registration in the path '\{28A27677-1781-49A8-B133-EB46963B3733}'
  • The job '{6A41DE04-F86E-4812-8E56-D7C304AFA991}' runs on registration in the path '\{6A41DE04-F86E-4812-8E56-D7C304AFA991}'
  • The task '{C48C9DC5-E815-40AF-B6EE-0E171DE3D38C}' runs on registration in the path '\{C48C9DC5-E815-40AF-B6EE-0E171DE3D38C}'
  • The task '{FE6FFAEC-6178-4BB5-B843-5F732950078D}' runs on registration in the path '\{FE6FFAEC-6178-4BB5-B843-5F732950078D}'
  • The task '{16F5D73B-1343-4432-A594-D7826D3FEF09}' runs on registration in the path '\{16F5D73B-1343-4432-A594-D7826D3FEF09}'
  • The task '{EE54F59E-E85E-43EC-AE55-959F40FD02E5}' runs on registration in the path '\{EE54F59E-E85E-43EC-AE55-959F40FD02E5}'
  • The job '{DB5B152C-A89D-4C18-83DB-9C930BE954DE}' runs on registration in the path '\{DB5B152C-A89D-4C18-83DB-9C930BE954DE}'
  • The job '{BD7348E0-7711-4DBB-BDD7-8515854EA1BD}' runs on registration in the path '\{BD7348E0-7711-4DBB-BDD7-8515854EA1BD}'
  • The task '{9C1F91B7-4B2F-44BC-A0C5-C3A3414126A2}' runs on registration in the path '\{9C1F91B7-4B2F-44BC-A0C5-C3A3414126A2}'
  • The task '{982CB9F0-92FC-44BF-B041-4263CC9171E8}' runs on registration in the path '\{982CB9F0-92FC-44BF-B041-4263CC9171E8}'
  • The job '{6601423E-9F04-4B05-A02A-22A7D5A8EA35}' runs on registration in the path '\{6601423E-9F04-4B05-A02A-22A7D5A8EA35}'
  • The task '{098EC717-A53A-49E9-9370-690CE169048A}' runs on registration in the path '\{098EC717-A53A-49E9-9370-690CE169048A}'
  • The task '{FF83A9C5-07BD-4AEB-B214-2016EB76E77E}' runs on registration in the path '\{FF83A9C5-07BD-4AEB-B214-2016EB76E77E}'
  • The job '{D29708AF-17A8-405B-9C8D-5ABE0B01EBE7}' runs on registration in the path '\{D29708AF-17A8-405B-9C8D-5ABE0B01EBE7}'
  • The job '{5F70B5BD-3E5F-48B3-9B48-989F1E28D0C6}' runs on registration in the path '\{5F70B5BD-3E5F-48B3-9B48-989F1E28D0C6}'
  • The job '{BA44AC86-B7CB-4065-B78E-4D080AD2166B}' runs on registration in the path '\{BA44AC86-B7CB-4065-B78E-4D080AD2166B}'
  • The task '{07FA7E58-4DD1-4A40-A77D-A9FE91ACA8EC}' runs on registration in the path '\{07FA7E58-4DD1-4A40-A77D-A9FE91ACA8EC}'
  • The job '{FDF80C9A-2116-4EAE-9E9C-C743606B60F0}' runs on registration in the path '\{FDF80C9A-2116-4EAE-9E9C-C743606B60F0}'
  • The task '{B9524566-4DAF-4E69-97F5-3CC1807F84E6}' runs on registration in the path '\{B9524566-4DAF-4E69-97F5-3CC1807F84E6}'
  • The task '{FDDB66ED-3880-47D1-B567-ECAB9EE621F6}' runs on registration in the path '\{FDDB66ED-3880-47D1-B567-ECAB9EE621F6}'
  • The job '{A7D7A5C7-B134-48E8-B39B-239493C43AD8}' runs on registration in the path '\{A7D7A5C7-B134-48E8-B39B-239493C43AD8}'
  • The task '{3D313F7A-B0C7-4AE8-94B6-73C969AB8F8C}' runs on registration in the path '\{3D313F7A-B0C7-4AE8-94B6-73C969AB8F8C}'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE'

MalwareMalware detections

Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 17 of them detected the following malware.
Antivirus engineEngine versionDetectionFile version
Antiy Labs AVL 2.0.3.7 Trojan/Win32.Agent2 10.00.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Antiy Labs AVL 2.0.3.7 Trojan/Win32.Agent 10.00.9200.16438 (win8_gdr_soc_ie_beta.121108-2200)
Antiy Labs AVL 2.0.3.7 Trojan/Win32.Agent2 10.00.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Antiy Labs AVL 2.0.3.7 Trojan/Win32.Agent.gen 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)
ByteHero 1.0.0.1 Trojan.Win32.Heur.098 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
ByteHero 1.0.0.1 Trojan.Win32.Heur.098 7.00.6000.17099 (vista_gdr.110617-1500)
ByteHero 1.0.0.1 Trojan.Win32.Heur.098 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
ByteHero 1.0.0.1 Trojan.Win32.Heur.098 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
ByteHero 1.0.0.1 Trojan.Win32.Heur.098 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)
Clam AntiVirus 0.97.3.0 Suspect.Trojan.Generic.FD-4 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)
Clam AntiVirus 0.97.3.0 Win.Trojan.Bamital-104 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)
Malwarebytes 1.62.0.140 Trojan.FakeMS 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 Trojan.FakeMS 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware v2012.1-dat Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-BAY.K 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
nProtect 2012-08-28.01 Trojan/W32.Pincav.102912.B 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Symantec 20121.3.0.76 WS.Reputation.1 8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)
Trend Micro HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.F47V0724 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

VersionsAll file variations of iexplore.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
904e13ba41af2e353a32cf351ca53639 78fac0d64fa0c26382e1025c4fd5d2dfd327c470 730.8 KB
698eb1e5f8c66344d97c00b5699e871d fd9385213a4ee6763428cb426bd9a048c88caeed 739.53 KB
0100bcf23941c83462e4a70f94c3392e 70d70d9c0e03225577ececf69de38f3a6b2ff387 745.53 KB
34b01bbd8f00b6b9c9248dc4f1e3cd01 e89d3c38c6fc33a536ae6cf1ac184996420bbbf6 731.12 KB
dde5a0dfaf7c6370fb36402d7a746ed3 b9c32e97aa5d16bd6a70d6cb5d3b492289b7bd2f 739.55 KB
a8ebebcd9f5c49475194099fcd276992 f42e9fa9af9b79fe20a7dc63fe781bd10cd87b1c 745.53 KB
32732cede2a1106b736ef3d84054ee04 745eaefca84c44307cd6df92a0275575822b7b17 739.63 KB
3f00be80b9cea20b7fe7363d15eddb94 184370fe8351d6c897666379e313b25ce4065db6 739.61 KB
67ee46fd4d3b56531c5dd1bdc149275a dd82ac8d3c57f0b57fffa5f9f1ef3e09d2e4348f 739.65 KB
1423ff1bfd2ecd9cfc8c17ea4f98b20f 4dc7ea929735192603a73ee424ef09c05aa585f4 745.65 KB
a1b0dec3bb845c6369f97bc1a3542a07 512eb220815bd1a105970c90a77d194517778b78 745.61 KB
ee12ba876c4190532a4085994ba9b616 3eab03c65c7b5a282eabce6a1c315e6d1c9f5744 739.65 KB
57ec630dbd5f0713e77cb3540ab80a8e 2b14b71ff5c620a3fdd342d98c8e749ad5a3d7f7 739.65 KB
aa9cbdcd4675a48755dda3a73be3e283 c779138add8f996572a58424b53ae1f28d4e619d 739.65 KB
45bda923be52906d1460bcb13ac2ab7a 56476be42cd568f950ff4cf73f25d1e2d67c9483 739.65 KB
06085b62bc7e0c8e2605cea38774d956 709b223bc8af57ed3a5ed1525e30b4df55d65cea 739.73 KB
43e6f2a7fb182f2d7cb0ce5b8f1005cf 96f6e6a66685d49131f05bc9d0eec7e88e3365be 739.73 KB
48600dac5af3a53b6f430528209e4830 51cbed592bcd332724b6237f44bd7ce10aaefbee 739.73 KB
7ba5b7dede25d44f3e664d5ba067e3cd 911d87480c4f60a2cf1506335cc1749207a832c5 740.23 KB
7116680c2c62709ee81bddc69ef26b93 dab44acf3103cd0e4c0f8071e83cfe9b45ebcb24 739.73 KB
10eb5c0e376727e21198b14e2f1637f7 217a471d9651dbde0fae52b2f591b5ea69820095 739.73 KB
d55679d60a71b0147cd1af1ad79f83b1 e315af52b4b1dc36525640cde7cfcbb5ed32ca5e 618.16 KB
93569d46d79f9756ed077156496afe23 c06475d5a6f0f7b7c8805b6ecd643c4c3db5179b 731.12 KB
22cc6cdba678790046693654c3b212e4 a5540f864b25207f9b177d0da84eb746035f5925 731.13 KB
ff858582de2da66d7ec0fd8b31dafdd2 e263195c5ab90bca0f54aac2f947ef041b669889 783.13 KB
2d53c5f71653ef94e7829846405d4ed2 6908f45714d56ca4d4040079992a01239a8d3946 737.13 KB
270a1342bd5af95ca25a586b4c2f1522 99637fb2c25805e6883aef4673651c219ed839fd 731.16 KB
49442ba6dce4b4e3c1cb0ab193fe29ad 5fdfef6190f20edad5458f4381b3c51a9f4f4e79 737.16 KB
0d286c0fe561d1a7eb30e83a0ff305b2 f9fdfdf6357da6389db08690cd9b91d56369ac5d 739.55 KB
b201af83df2e85323e29eb83e4046810 e1025e80c454db345c5848198ce16f9668eb9c62 739.53 KB
fd0d2e1faebae5031be2eb8000d973f1 0a0a90f5a3fcf6e67863ff88544a190bddc66714 745.53 KB
96a360002311ece53952af2f5b4cd64e a1864775726e3af0842e89f8465cc81a1bc759b8 731.13 KB
367045af10c4875707e0864e352ef3f1 9afe055ca5e8453c6da3048e401772d98e2379f1 737.13 KB
0129bb16161c2fd9a6b19111ab047198 2f81b1b6482f042bcbe1e372b3c2263be9a55a50 731.12 KB
cf32382885628d961cbed5002461a911 8e9e8e5c745892effd2e47fe481634c267b10229 1.83 MB
aa08b68ef4e35efa170cf85a44b23b70 d8f18237cb5ef384911909e41b9361b0bf7159c6 657.27 KB
2c32e3e596cfe660353753eabefb0540 f948199016079eded0320b6245d59ef3d50ebd93 657.27 KB
19025a34d3ead0fa9634b504194d214d 598dfc2aea35054f3209512de5b60387366776ad 657.14 KB
d1f65f76fa03619706c43cbef9c1eec3 ec52dd4048c5f3494402df9ea5249289be0a2ff9 657.06 KB
58d926f3b2113bf849162c9c26fe21dc f8a26d1ea464092dc6e6066b166454df4f4248d5 657.14 KB
58cf468d3ff4cf830339fe5e45356355 311bcc397de28a5762b6b89c2c6d288ef5cb68a5 657.27 KB
61edbce47adf3e52ab0b9f49ee4aebb8 dc48b5c246bd1f0c7a0e7548345d7fc278b5306a 657.27 KB
0c6885597d890b8f1582b6c2b085cb58 9803c9cc600604ac4a608cc88b477693eb33c782 682.66 KB
b011eebf6b76cfbfde36233fd8f9f95c b6cd5ca68fd23a56c96ce983ce43cf3b029e011e 661.16 KB
c613e69c3b191bb02c7a191741a1d024 1962888198ae972cbb999d0dc9c9ee5cbabf5e0d 657.27 KB
86257731ddb311fbc283534cc0091634 2aa859f008fafbaefb578019ed0d65cd0933981c 678.77 KB
85275d3d81c23c8a8d3c915888d11c66 bf0de65393719f6cdc5adf8266674340b10b7f99 680.1 KB
4adb84297505a1627deea18529bf4b16 239f2dcb99a4b7a18c0aea6551c383ecc8be89f4 657.1 KB
09f6a10ab424e2de445153065fa076bf f0740fc3e73e6bde32b62ed35916ec5a7c9e49d1 657.27 KB
27019747d97ab5cefb97677dbb5cf577 bf912f4ff74713ccb94cd96ae267d02956c7caa5 657.09 KB
a3ab0a260049be22ab52e302d9220a92 37a8d6db4d16e04b687380ad6f1354cc6daaf253 657.27 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 38.50%
Windows 8.1 15.75%
Windows 8.1 Pro 11.25%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.75%
Windows 8 5.75%
Windows 7 Professional 5.50%
Windows 8 Single Language 3.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 3.25%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 2.00%
Windows 8 Pro 1.50%
Windows 8.1 N 1.00%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.75%
Windows Seven Black Edition 0.25%
Windows 7 Home Basic 0.25%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 56.00% of Windows® Internet Explorer.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 26.48%
Hewlett-Packard 18.18%
ASUS 18.18%
Acer 12.45%
Toshiba 7.51%
Lenovo 7.11%
Sony 4.35%
Samsung 3.36%
Alienware 1.58%
GIGABYTE 0.79%
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