msimn.exe

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Lew/+Silat

msimn.exe

No virus or trojan..
After opening oe a few times I have numerous msimn.exe's in the task manager. They dont seem to be using cpu
but they are there until I kill them.
Any suggestions?

Winxp pro
2gig ram
P4 3gig
 
msimn.exe file information
The process Outlook Express belongs to the software Microsoft® Windows®
Operating System or Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® by Microsoft
Corporation (www.microsoft.com).

Description: msimn.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" -
generally C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\. Known file sizes on Windows XP
are 60416 bytes (93% of all occurrence), 15872 bytes.
The file is a Windows system file. msimn.exe is a trustworthy file from
Microsoft. Therefore the technical security rating is 5% dangerous.


Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as msimn.exe, particularly if
they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the
msimn.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task
Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top
Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

peter
 
Lew/+Silat said:
msimn.exe

No virus or trojan..
After opening oe a few times I have numerous msimn.exe's in the task
manager. They dont seem to be using cpu but they are there until I kill
them.
Any suggestions?

Winxp pro
2gig ram
P4 3gig
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"msimn.exe" is "MicroSoft Internet Mail and News", more commonly known as
"Outlook Express".

If you're running it more than once, it's because the previous instances
have crashed.

I'd personally suggest that you clean up your system and whatever is causing
OE to crash, and go from there.

HTH
-pk
 
Patrick said:
"msimn.exe" is "MicroSoft Internet Mail and News", more commonly known as
"Outlook Express".

If you're running it more than once, it's because the previous instances
have crashed.

I'd personally suggest that you clean up your system and whatever is causing
OE to crash, and go from there.

HTH
-pk
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I know what it is:)
That wasnt my question.
OE/msimn wont stop showing up in taskmanager even when I close oe:)
Any suggestions? Its not a virus or a trojan..
 
OLEXP: MSIMN Is Still Running After You Quit Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q226313/

Although the article applies to OE5 and McAfee's A-V, the issue *may* occur with OE6
and /or with any anti-virus' email virus scanning module.

Disable or better yet uninstall the email/web-mail scanning module of your
anti-virus.

What anti-virus are you using, BTW?

For additional help, please post in an Outlook Express group for the most complete
replies.
 
F-prot/
Zone alarm
Ive uninstalled ZA and Fprot and still get the multilples of msimn........
 
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Install, then run HijackThis, and click the Scan button.

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or
similar).
Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet.

Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at ONLY ONE of these forums:
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forum.malwareremoval.com/viewforum.php?f=11
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html

In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix
it.

The folks there will tell you what, if anything, to remove.

See the "housekeeping" they ask you to complete before you post your log:
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and an in-depth tutorial is here:
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