What is the "explorer.exe" ? Variant 505215

Our database contains 22581 different files for filename explorer.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the explorer.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name explorer.exe. This file belongs to product Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows Explorer. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process explorer.exe.

explorer.exe Process
Product:
Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows®
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Explorer
Version:
6.0.2900.5512
MD5:
418045a93cd87a352098ab7dabe1b53e
SHA1:
98b9ad668e0727be888b861f49aac0f72725e634
SHA256:
81419093ccb985da284931fa3df41c4cfe25350db1c366792903411819371664
Size:
1036800
Directory:
C:\Windows
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Avast Antivirus2016-09-07 21:59:52
Avira Antivirus2016-09-07 13:46:25
AVG Internet Security2016-09-06 13:32:05
AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic Virensch2016-09-06 13:04:08
AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic Virenschutz2016-09-06 13:04:08
Avira Desktop2016-09-06 12:03:58
360 Total Security2016-09-05 19:22:38
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-01 11:50:49
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-08-30 20:40:23
G DATA INTERNET SECURITY2016-08-29 17:04:15
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "explorer.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
Filename "explorer.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

98% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
93% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
7% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "explorer.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Admin for file C:\Windows\Explorer.exe