ieupdate.exe is it a virus

[Jasonc]

i have been using the net for sometime now with no problems but just today i
have NInternet Security telling me of an attempt to access the net using
IEUPDATE.EXE
everytime i open up internet explorer it open up the alert box asking for my
to allow or dis-allow the connection, well i click no, as this should have
been allowed a long time ago, so it seem that something has been installed
and changed something else,

does anyone else have or had this happen, and how do i solve it.

i do remember a long time ago i once had a virus and it was called something
like this file name, or maybe it is the same name?



thanks

Jason

[PA Bear]

CoolWebSearch-variant hijacker!

CoolWebSearch Chronicles & CWShredder
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip (download)

Check your system for this and other "hijackware":

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each and every
use, even "right out of the box". But even then, they can't catch
everything. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Jasonc wrote:
> i have been using the net for sometime now with no problems but just
> today i have NInternet Security telling me of an attempt to access the
> net using IEUPDATE.EXE
> everytime i open up internet explorer it open up the alert box asking for
> my to allow or dis-allow the connection, well i click no, as this should
> have been allowed a long time ago, so it seem that something has been
> installed and changed something else,
>
> does anyone else have or had this happen, and how do i solve it.
>
> i do remember a long time ago i once had a virus and it was called
> something like this file name, or maybe it is the same name?
>
>
>
> thanks
>
> Jason