my pc freezes when i have explorer.exe running, when i close it using task manager pc is fine. it uses 100% cpu LOL
how do i fix? ty +rep
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my pc freezes when i have explorer.exe running, when i close it using task manager pc is fine. it uses 100% cpu LOL
how do i fix? ty +rep
Use firefox ^^
It's explorer.exe not iexplore.exe. If you end task explorer.exe it will automatically restart because it's basically the start bar etc. isn't it? Anyway, it'll use up a load of cpu if applications in it are crashing I believe. Sorry... not an expert on it.
I am using firefox,
and it doesnt restart, only had this problem tonightt
Oh i thought it was IE, sorry :(
I think something like rhis happened to me, I closed it, and on task manager used the 2nd nav menu and opened stuff from there, then abit later it sorted itseldf out
An errror or an virus
yes this definitely sounds like a virus. Explorer.exe is one of the most well known processes because it's vital. For you, it appears it has either been replaced by a virus or a virus has been injected into it... which is pretty hard to get rid of. Try googling: ad aware and get the free edition. Ad aware does good scans.
cheers peeps +rep
When you end it does the taskbar at the bottom disappear?
Yep it does
explorer.exe can't be replaced by a virus and most virii disguise themselves and some of the main processes eg. explorer.exe and svchost.exe mostly svchost.exe as you'll see many of them on the process tabQuote:
Originally Posted by iUnknown
is it a a oridginal explorer.exe or did u download it from a site o ye u probs got a keylogger