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Re: asdf.exe / theonion.com You run IE. Windows Explorer is IE based as are most windows you run. Most browsers use ActiveX to some degree. You just don't realize you're running IE. |
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| said by howardfine:You run IE. Windows Explorer is IE based as are most windows you run. Most browsers use ActiveX to some degree. You just don't realize you're running IE. windows is IE based but explorer.exe is not the same as iexplore.exe and the "windows that are explorer based" are just viewing my local file folders and running the systray etc. There are no infection vectors via browser hijacks if you rename iexplore and just use explore for viewing file folders, instead of starting up the full thing for web pages.
I don't use any programs that use IE DLLs as an html preview pane, either. |
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explorer.exe is not the same as iexplore.exe
Yes, I know, but explorer.exe is part of windows and, as you said, windows is IE based. All window panes are IE based. |
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