IE7 unknown publisher?

G

Guest

When I launch IE7 from Vista, I get "An unidentified program wants access to
your computer: ieexlplorer.exe." "Unidentified publisher." I find this hard
to believe. I can click on Allow and go on my way, but it does seem a little
strange that a MSFT program does not recognize MSFT as a legitimate publisher.
 
A

Alun Harford

Bob said:
When I launch IE7 from Vista, I get "An unidentified program wants access to
your computer: ieexlplorer.exe."

ieexlplorer.exe?
Sounds very suspicious to me.

The internet explorer executable is called iexplore.exe, and it's signed
by Microsoft.

Alun Harford
 
S

Saucy

Bob Gardner said:
When I launch IE7 from Vista, I get "An unidentified program wants access
to
your computer: ieexlplorer.exe." "Unidentified publisher." I find this
hard
to believe. I can click on Allow and go on my way, but it does seem a
little
strange that a MSFT program does not recognize MSFT as a legitimate
publisher.

MALWARE or VIRUS. It's some sort of malware. It could be adware .. but ther
is also a trojan that runs as ieexplorer.exe.

Saucy
 
S

Saucy

Bob Gardner said:
When I launch IE7 from Vista, I get "An unidentified program wants access
to
your computer: ieexlplorer.exe." "Unidentified publisher." I find this
hard
to believe. I can click on Allow and go on my way, but it does seem a
little
strange that a MSFT program does not recognize MSFT as a legitimate
publisher.


P.S. Beware of some of the *removal* programs .. they are malware too.
 
G

Guest

Alun, saucy, et al, fat-finger problem. The error message does indeed say
"iexplorer.exe," ...the extra "e" was my mistake in posting.

If I have malware, OneCare live is not doing its job.

Bob Gardner
 

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