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What is it?
Windows Explorer - explorer.exe
What does it do?
explorer.exe - Below is a direct quote from Microsoft found on THIS page:
This is the user shell, which we see as the familiar taskbar, desktop, and so on. This process isn't as vital to the running of Windows as you might expect, and can be stopped (and restarted) from Task Manager, usually with no negative side effects on the system.
I have found that stopping this process is needed sometimes to stop some other processes.
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Virus Precaution:
The original file from
Microsoft gets placed at C:WINDOWSSystem32explorer.exe .
if you find it anywhere else then you should be suspicious for sure.
You'll want to keep an eye on
this google search for any known viruses.
There's only one unique virus found through this search. All of the results are
the various names of this single virus.
Deloder-A @ Sophos
MyDoom.B @ Symantec
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explorer.exe is a Windows System File and should be in a system directory. If
it is then this application is safe.
Startup DB Entries:
( 1 ) "Added by the BIFROSE-DE TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in the System folder"
( 2 ) "Added by the ZCREW TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in the System subfolder"
( 3 ) "Added by the IRC.FLOOD.G TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually!"
( 4 ) "Starts Windows Explorer. Unless this has been manually added to startups or added by another program it could be a virus such as PE_BISTRO or DVLDR or MYDOOM.C. Note that it is also not the explorer.exe task/service you'll see when via CTRL+ALT+DEL"
( 5 ) "Added by the KEYLOG-AK TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in a ""service"" subfolder of the System folder"
( 6 ) "Added by the NETHIEF-P TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in a ""SHELLEXT"" subfolder of the System folder"
( 7 ) "Added by the BLOCKEY-A TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in a ""config"" subfolder of the System folder"
( 8 ) "RapidBlaster variant (in a ""explorer"" folder in Program Files). Recommended you use RapidBlaster Killer to uninstall - see here. Note - this is not the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) which would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually!"
( 9 ) "RapidBlaster variant (in a ""explorer"" folder in Program Files). Recommended you use RapidBlaster Killer to uninstall - see here. Note - this is not the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) which would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually!"
( 10 ) "Added by the AGENT-EW or PWS-CY TROJANS! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder"
( 11 ) "Added by the DELF-ACL TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in the Program Files folder"
( 12 ) "Added by the LINEAGE-C TROJAN! Note - this is not the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) which would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually!"
( 13 ) "Added by the ZAPCHAS-AC TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in the System folder"
( 14 ) "ComSurveilSys keystroke logger/monitoring program - remove unless you installed it yourself! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is found in a SystemPALCSS subfolder"
( 15 ) "Added by the LINEAGE-OZ TROJAN! Note - the legitimate Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is located in the Windows or Winnt folder and would not normally appear in Msconfig/Startup unless you added it manually! This one is located in the System (9x/Me) or System32 (NT/2K/XP) folder"
Disclaimer
Every attempt has been made to ensure the information about explorer.exe is accurate but alot of malware applications try to pose as valid applications. If it is something other than what was posted above please leave some feedback in the forum.
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| HeRMaN | What if it is slightly different like ,Explorer.EXE as opposed to exporer.exe. | | AntiX | explorer.exe is located at \WINDOWS\explorer.exe not \WINDOWS\System32\explorer.exe | | dave | i found explorer.exe in my windows folder not my system32. plus this program uses all my CPU and alot of memory, and when i close it with the task manager i lose my taskbar and desktop | |
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