What is the "explorer.exe" ? Variant 675039

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 Microsoft® Windows® Operating System 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:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Explorer
Version:
6.1.7601.17514
MD5:
ac4c51eb24aa95b77f705ab159189e24
SHA1:
4583daf9442880204730fb2c8a060430640494b1
SHA256:
6a671b92a69755de6fd063fcbe4ba926d83b49f78c42dbaeed8cdb6bbc57576a
Size:
2872320
Directory:
C:\Windows
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
ESET Endpoint Security 6.1.2227.32016-09-07 23:07:03
IObit Malware Fighter2016-09-07 23:07:03
AVG Internet Security2016-09-07 22:49:48
360 Total Security2016-09-07 21:47:44
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-07 21:32:04
Norton Internet Security Online2016-09-07 21:06:18
Avast Antivirus2016-09-07 19:38:29
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-09-07 19:21:27
Avira Antivirus2016-09-07 18:52:06
Emsisoft Anti-Malware2016-09-07 18:35:05
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 Moraxv