What is the "explorer.exe" ? Variant 108952

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 Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Explorateur Windows. 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:
Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Explorateur Windows
Version:
6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
MD5:
998f3f568f6074a35ab08cd3395a9dc2
SHA1:
811ec14572134054bbe985c1588dc476fe3720fd
SHA256:
bde54fa15cf877ecd74307d4100f6274a0604b751feaf7f9a35824c793f2ff40
Size:
1036288
Directory:
C:\Windows
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Low oc0

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20142014-02-24 15:43:55
avast! Antivirus2013-12-18 22:11:55
Panda Internet Security 20122013-12-05 15:07:41
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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 gg (Variant: 108952)

    c:\windows\explorer.exe md5=998F3F568F6074A35AB08CD3395A9DC2 on wxp titanium