mountaintree16 Posted July 31, 2009 ID:104619 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Does anyone know what explorer.exe is?I am going to run this tool:http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.p...st&p=104557(flash uninstaller) and I just want to know what it is and/or if its a part of internet explorer or not and if it should be terminated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaChew Posted July 31, 2009 ID:104622 Share Posted July 31, 2009 That explorer is THE explorer, your desktop and icons, in a sense the master browser for Windows.It's best to leave that process alone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted July 31, 2009 Author ID:104624 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Thank you very much! I greatly appreciate it.Good thing I asked first Edit: Just did my uninstaller then reinstalled flash - no problems That explorer is THE explorer, your desktop and icons, in a sense the master browser for Windows.It's best to leave that process alone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaChew Posted July 31, 2009 ID:104633 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Actually it would be good practice to turn it offWith task manager already open you can shut down and reboot or better yet under file choose new task and then browse to the windows folder and turn it back on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted July 31, 2009 Author ID:104637 Share Posted July 31, 2009 What do you mean by good practice, just so I know how to do it?I don't need to do this to run the Adobe uninstaller tool though do I?Actually it would be good practice to turn it offWith task manager already open you can shut down and reboot or better yet under file choose new task and then browse to the windows folder and turn it back on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaChew Posted July 31, 2009 ID:104639 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Malware or an attempt to clean it up often disables explorer runningThe uninstall went OK? I just loaded the Firefox and IE new versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted July 31, 2009 Author ID:104644 Share Posted July 31, 2009 ah, okay. I thought you meant I should do it for this uninstaller and was a little confused. That does sound like a good idea maybe when you have some more time you could give me some more detailed instructions that I can save on how to do that? Yes, the uninstall went okay. I uninstalled the new Flash player version that I had just installed, restarted, ran the uninstall tool, reinstalled Flash, restarted, everything seems fine Malware or an attempt to clean it up often disables explorer runningThe uninstall went OK? I just loaded the Firefox and IE new versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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