IEXPLORE.EXE Running in the background?

I have these two .exe files running in the background, and are there from the minute my PC boots-up. In task manager you cannot see them in the applications tab but only in processes and when I go to end these processes they just reappear.



Yes, I have already done a full virus, spy-ware and ad-ware check and nothing came up.

I am guessing these two processes would have something to do with IE, but the thing is that I never ever use the damn thing. As you can see they are eating up quite a bit of memory there so I really would like to get rid of this ASAP.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

EDIT: Ahh fuck I am an idiot, wrong board.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Cetra

Could you take a screenshot that includes a full list of your processes running after a fresh reboot please?

Also, open an internet explorer window and tell me if you get a 3rd IEXPLORER.EXE or an iexplorer.exe (notice the letter case)

3rd: Do a search of your /Windows/System32 folder for "iexplorer.exe." If you find any in that folder, you have a backdoor trojan. If this is the case, you can attempt to shut down the iexplorer.exe processes and delete the file from the system32 folder manually.

Right, when I open up Internet Explorer I do get a third IEXPLORER.EXE.

I did a search for iexplorer.exe but nothing came up.

Here is the Picture you requested from a fresh reboot.



There's nowhere I can't reach.