Question about IE host and winamp

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by flasunshine, Nov 27, 2004.

  1. flasunshine

    flasunshine Private E-2

    Found these two gems in my program list. Question is...are they supposed to be there or are they something I can delete? I don't know if they are legitimate programs or crap my kids have downloaded!

    Thanks for the help!
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Winamp is a program to play music (CDs, MP3s, etc). It's okay.

    IEHost.EXE is an advertising program. This process monitors your browsing habits and distributes the data back to the author's servers for analysis. This also prompts advertising popups.


    You should run All the steps in: READ ME FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT: Basic Spyware, Trojan And Virus Removal and see if they come up with anything.
     

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