What is Explorer.exe?
Explorer.exe is an operating system file. The process explorer.exe is popularly known as Windows Explorer and it is used to explore the graphical user interface of Windows and shows the files of the hard disk, it is an application window launched and allows the user to navigate the contents of folders and view file information. It belongs to belongs to software Microsoft Windows Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation. The explorer.exe file size ranging from ranging from 1,0321,292 bytes to 3,194,368 bytes. Cyber criminals write the malware program and name it as explorer.exe to spread via interent.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to find if the system is affected by explorer.exe.exe malware?
It is a Windows operating file and is stored in c:\windows. If you suspect that the system is affected by explorer.exe, then check the location of virus by going to the task manager. This can be done by pressing the combination of keys CTRL+DEL+ALT, then right click on the explorer.exe file and choose to open the location, if you find it located in c:/windows the system is not affected and if it shows elsewhere the system is affected by virus. If you find more than 6 processes running in your task manager and if it takes more cpu usage then you can conclude that your system is affected by virus.
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Windows OS PC Security Softwares: Related Resources: Website Malware Directory Resources:
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 3e35d7de639f7576 cdc7ff3373e5cee3 2410601f |
10d997343335eec3 dd359efb102d10fa |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 6.1.7601.1 7567 (win7sp1_g dr.110224- 1502) |
6.1.7601.1 7567 |
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N/A |
2 | 深圳红创音乐 | Executable | 8384f0d197d17b2d 544871c5a407498a 03e88d59 |
7a450a9011ee6025 3a29985c6f303b81 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | 1.0.21 | 1.21 | ![]() |
N/A |
3 | N/A | Executable | 5d58fc23ddabbdad ffcbc3d64dc7d4ca 2dceeef9 |
6c754c3f8128dcea bff0443755c59c5a |
Win32.Neshta .A |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | e441c78833dba9fe 59a5699e857d5a44 ddeba0fb |
6f343fbec218a7ca 81ce651bf1a88648 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 6.00.2900. 5512 (xpsp.0804 13-2105) |
6.00.2900. 5512 |
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N/A |
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | a00309c718178bd1 2f2a629211720633 f76bb3c4 |
7fc03e71841814e0 375fadba5bb35345 |
No | 6.1.7600.1 6385 (win7_rtm. 090713-125 5) |
6.1.7600.1 6385 |
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2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 7a88ea539807faa9 3411c0ed12518bf9 5113976e |
82b8373ed12a6028 20108f6154bf0c4c |
No | 6.00.2900. 2180 (xpsp_sp2_ rtm.040803 -2158) |
6.00.2900. 2180 |
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3 | N/A | Executable | 10b5a9e90ffb1fef 7416fc406127852e 6871618c |
c24bec450d9f869b bc434979435ddd17 |
No | 1.0.10.0 | 1.0.10.0 | ![]() |
4 | Passwin, Inc. | Executable | 4ff454ef8914af69 b7561b3793841c9a 016309b2 |
1947d51c687e593d d9ecb3d63d0a324a |
No | 1.7.0.0 | 1.7.0.0 | ![]() |