ieexplore.exe virus

my system was infected with this ieexplore.exe virus where it clogged my system.  I can see them running background.  I'm a firefox user, and it keep doubling in the task manager even though i didn't activate it.

what i did? i boot the system under safe mode, [F8] or ALT[F8]. then force remove certain files which is suspicious.  some dos command helps RUN > CMD ie. attrib -s -h "filename", dir /a /d and del "filename" /f.  for more info, you may google it. 

i made a research on the wierd file name which i see running under task manager, one of a few i spotted is called c9mgr.exe.  after i end task the several ieexplore.exe, this c9mgr.exe keeps popping out and follow by multiple ieexplore task in the background.  as a result the system resource is fully hijacked and major slowdown.  uncheck the task under startup via RUN>MISCONFIG, doesn't work pretty well too.

i tried symantec antivirus, spybot search & destroy and manage to caught <5 infected files after each scan.  it helps to identify some of it but not a perfect cure.

at last, i found avast free virus scan.  it detected 120+ infected files. gosh.. as you noticed, certain files are in red, i am just guessing that the virus knows when to disguise.  then when it finishes the scan it'll ask you to scan in the memory, that is when i saw that the culprit is MIRC. 

i'm glad to announce that my system is free from it for now.  everything seems a lot faster.  Recommend avast scan for every personal pc