O/T virus found and can't delete

I booted today and a virus was found in my IExplorer.exe file. I use Mozilla, so I hope I am not executing it in any fashion. It's a trojan horse. "Trojan horse IRC/Back Door.SdBot.113.AJ" I have the free version of AVG and it can't delete the file, not allowed. I don't use IE at all, but like to keep it as a browser backup. Is there somewhere I can download a replacement either full IE or just the ieexplorer exe file?? I hope that I can at least just delete the file manually. If not, can someone suggest a way to get rid of this virus and/or what to use ?? I came here because most here know TONS about pc's and their workings. I know enough to get by. Thanks to all who help me........later V

I booted today and a virus was found in my IExplorer.exe file. I use Mozilla, so I hope I am not executing it in any fashion. It's a trojan horse. "Trojan horse IRC/Back Door.SdBot.113.AJ" I have the free version of AVG and it can't delete the file, not allowed. I don't use IE at all, but like to keep it as a browser backup. Is there somewhere I can download a replacement either full IE or just the ieexplorer exe file?? I hope that I can at least just delete the file manually. If not, can someone suggest a way to get rid of this virus and/or what to use ?? I came here because most here know TONS about pc's and their workings. I know enough to get by. Thanks to all who help me........later V

V "fnugen" wrote:

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> I booted today and a virus was found in my IExplorer.exe file. I use > Mozilla, so I hope I am not executing it in any fashion. It's a trojan > horse. "Trojan horse IRC/Back Door.SdBot.113.AJ" I have the free > version of AVG and it can't delete the file, not allowed. I don't use IE > at all, but like to keep it as a browser backup. Is there somewhere I > can download a replacement either full IE or just the ieexplorer exe > file?? I hope that I can at least just delete the file manually. If > not, can someone suggest a way to get rid of this virus and/or what to > use ?? I came here because most here know TONS about pc's and > their workings. I know enough to get by. Thanks to all who help > me........later > > V

Internet Explorer runs from iexplore.exe not iexplorer.exe - double check that. If you want to delete it, try rebooting in safe mode - that should let you delete the file. Restart the computer normally then do another virus scan. If you get the all clear, go to windows update and install all the patches it finds for you. That should restore internet explorer for you.

did you get it taken care of? V "fnugen" enlightened us with:

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> I booted today and a virus was found in my IExplorer.exe file. I use > Mozilla, so I hope I am not executing it in any fashion. It's a trojan > horse. "Trojan horse IRC/Back Door.SdBot.113.AJ" I have the free > version of AVG and it can't delete the file, not allowed. I don't use > IE at all, but like to keep it as a browser backup. Is there > somewhere I can download a replacement either full IE or just the > ieexplorer exe file?? I hope that I can at least just delete the > file manually. If not, can someone suggest a way to get rid of this > virus and/or what to use ?? I came here because most here know > TONS about pc's and their workings. I know enough to get by. Thanks > to all who help me........later > > V

Plowboy2 wrote:

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> did you get it taken care of? > > > V "fnugen" enlightened us with: > >>I booted today and a virus was found in my IExplorer.exe file. I use >>Mozilla, so I hope I am not executing it in any fashion. It's a trojan >>horse. "Trojan horse IRC/Back Door.SdBot.113.AJ" I have the free >>version of AVG and it can't delete the file, not allowed. I don't use >>IE at all, but like to keep it as a browser backup. Is there >>somewhere I can download a replacement either full IE or just the >>ieexplorer exe file?? I hope that I can at least just delete the >>file manually. If not, can someone suggest a way to get rid of this >>virus and/or what to use ?? I came here because most here know >>TONS about pc's and their workings. I know enough to get by. Thanks >>to all who help me........later >> >> V > > >

Yes I did thanks. I misread the file name, it was LEXPLORE, what file is this?? My IE works fine still with no updating or anything. Guess in the end, unless that file is needed, all seems to have been fixed. Thanks. V

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> did you get it taken care of? > V "fnugen" enlightened us with: >>I booted today and a virus was found in my IExplorer.exe file. I use >>Mozilla, so I hope I am not executing it in any fashion. It's a trojan >>horse. "Trojan horse IRC/Back Door.SdBot.113.AJ" I have the free >>version of AVG and it can't delete the file, not allowed. I don't use >>IE at all, but like to keep it as a browser backup. Is there >>somewhere I can download a replacement either full IE or just the >>ieexplorer exe file?? I hope that I can at least just delete the >>file manually. If not, can someone suggest a way to get rid of this >>virus and/or what to use ?? I came here because most here know >>TONS about pc's and their workings. I know enough to get by. Thanks >>to all who help me........later >> V

Yes I did thanks. I misread the file name, it was LEXPLORE, what file is this?? My IE works fine still with no updating or anything. Guess in the end, unless that file is needed, all seems to have been fixed. Thanks. V

google brought me to this page, but does it match what you see? http://startup.iamnotageek.com/srch-LEXPLORE.exe.html Symantec has this about the sodabot... http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.sodabot.html V "fnugen" enlightened us with:

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> Plowboy2 wrote: > >> did you get it taken care of? >> >> >> V "fnugen" enlightened us with: >> >>> I booted today and a virus was found in my IExplorer.exe file. I use >>> Mozilla, so I hope I am not executing it in any fashion. It's a >>> trojan horse. "Trojan horse IRC/Back Door.SdBot.113.AJ" I have the >>> free version of AVG and it can't delete the file, not allowed. I >>> don't use IE at all, but like to keep it as a browser backup. Is >>> there somewhere I can download a replacement either full IE or just >>> the ieexplorer exe file?? I hope that I can at least just delete >>> the file manually. If not, can someone suggest a way to get rid of >>> this virus and/or what to use ?? I came here because most >>> here know TONS about pc's and their workings. I know enough to get >>> by. Thanks to all who help me........later >>> >>> V >> >> >> > Yes I did thanks. I misread the file name, it was LEXPLORE, what file > is this?? My IE works fine still with no updating or anything. Guess > in the end, unless that file is needed, all seems to have been fixed. > Thanks. > V