IEXPLORE.EXE *should* be Internet Explorer; what you encountered may have
had a name that looked very similar on the screen, or some nasty front-end
that masqueraded as IE....

  But on the subject of Browser Helper Objects, one of the defensive
measures I employ is a nice bit of freeware/shareware called "BHODemon"
which shows me what BHOs are loaded and gives me a chance to accept or
reject new ones.  Normally, it sees Adobe Acrobat Reader, Spybot's
Innoculate module, and the Norton Internet Security firewall.

David Gillett


On 17 Dec 2005 at 8:41, alan smith wrote:

> I had trouble with IEXPLORE.exe closing programs. Someone in PCsoft
> wrote that it was a Microsoft file in system 32. I contacted
> "http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831432   and got the story. It is
> put there by browser helper objects (BHO) like a spy. I found it in
> PROGRAM files with a nice blue E . I deleted it and now I'm back to
> normal. Problem solved.
>   I hope that this helps someone else.   AL SMITH

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