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Title: Explorerwind helper
Post by: REDACTED on July 08, 2014, 09:17:41 PM

When I open Avast Pro, I get a message saying that I have an add-on called "Explorerwind Helper" and that I should remove it because it has a bad reputation. I've checked all my add-ons and I can't find it. Has anyone had this experience or does anyone know what Explorerwind Helper is?
Windows 7, Avast Pro, default browser is Google Chrome.

Title: Re: Explorerwind helper
Post by: mchain on July 08, 2014, 09:53:51 PM

http://www.systemlookup.com/CLSID/80046-UninstallExplorer32_dll_UninstallExplorer64_dll.html (http://www.systemlookup.com/CLSID/80046-UninstallExplorer32_dll_UninstallExplorer64_dll.html)

You have an IOBit program on your system?  IOBit stole intellectual property from Malwarebytes a while back:  https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/29681-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/ (https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/29681-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/)

Googling 'Explorerwnd Helper' gives no such file at IOBit:
http://blog.iobit.com/?s=explorerwnd-helper-uninstallexplorer32-dll (http://blog.iobit.com/?s=explorerwnd-helper-uninstallexplorer32-dll)
http://blog.iobit.com/?s=iobit-explorerwnd-helper (http://blog.iobit.com/?s=iobit-explorerwnd-helper)

Unfortunate but not unexpected.