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What is explorer.exe? Windows Explorer?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: EXPLORER.EXE - EXPLORER.EXE is the basic graphical file-system user interface in Windows and will always be running.

explorer.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


explorer.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
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explorer.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Learn more about protecting yourself from bad versions of this file with PC Matic.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 31.20%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 28 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
explorer.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x12896823fb95bfb3dc9b46bcaedc9923 1/4/2023 10:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1009 KB
2 Status 0x2bb75b7f548d82a099125d0c5971de7d 12/12/2021 8:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1009 KB
3 Status 0x8b88ebbb05a0e56b7dcc708498c02b3e 12/10/2021 4:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 0 KB
4 Status 0x15bc38a7492befe831966adb477cf76f 12/1/2021 9:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2552 KB
5 Status 0x414c183455630e34f8117f4aea830cce 11/19/2021 2:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 0 KB
6 Status 0xd07d4c3038f3578ffce1c0237f2a1253 11/17/2021 11:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2858 KB
7 Status 0xa0732187050030ae399b241436565e64 11/27/2020 5:04:00 PM Unknown 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Windows Explorer 1008 KB
8 Status 0x9180e7a47852fc2ebdaef0b1f0d146bd 8/16/2020 7:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 0 KB
9 Status 0x82cceddf5024f287e25d03782e027447 5/26/2019 7:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 3771 KB
10 Status 0x2af58d15edc06ec6fdacce1f19482bbf 4/8/2019 7:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 0 KB
11 Status 0x37440d09deae0b672a04dccf7abf06be 4/7/2019 7:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2855 KB
12 Status 0xfcbced2a237dcd7ef86ced551b731742 4/7/2019 10:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 0 KB
13 Status 0x40d777b7a95e00593eb1568c68514493 3/22/2019 6:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 0 KB
14 Status 0x119e091b5386379bc5aa598be9440c75 3/20/2019 11:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 0 KB
15 Status 0x70d7f99d95615c3c278367756287db71 1/1/2019 5:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1012 KB
16 Status 0xdd5fc870bde759bf621b86c9beb8fde6 12/8/2018 10:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2903 KB
17 Status 0x51b586fc9139506db4e0c4a37fc9ac51 11/3/2018 5:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2623 KB
18 Status 0x7522f548a84abad8fa516de5ab3931ef 10/24/2018 11:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1012 KB
19 Status 0xc9d5aec068cdf7f3d1330a0e154ebcce 10/23/2018 1:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1492 KB
20 Status 0x28a9327ceae2c05328fda23b2a25d454 9/23/2018 11:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 3642 KB
21 Status 0x4f554999d7d5f05daaebba7b5ba1089d 8/7/2018 9:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2858 KB
22 Status 0x2a156d5ebf221ef2a6ae7ce452324dac 7/28/2018 6:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2903 KB
23 Status 0x195822accdaa2b4815dd01bafc335595 7/12/2018 11:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 0 KB
24 Status 0xf2317622d29f9ff0f88aeecd5f60f0dd 6/17/2018 3:23:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1013 KB
25 Status 0x2626fc9755be22f805d3cfa0ce3ee727 5/1/2018 9:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2553 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xafc6b92a687eb221b29d688146841485 11/23/2014 10:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 916 KB
2 Status 0x65d2a6d0da1effba8f3c5d7a025acd9b 7/13/2014 9:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 1 KB
3 Status 0x011500898c98eed009b078ee3ada4092 2/3/2014 12:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 35 KB
4 Status 0x8455d2446c742d83f2a098ccd45a6989 11/25/2013 10:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 12107 KB
5 Status 0x0f6a4ad25347be516574a796e7cfb4f6 11/6/2013 8:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 144 KB
6 Status 0xddeb122b7c38247f33032d69e47d04b4 8/14/2013 10:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 490 KB
7 Status 0x9a73c6de7da6c3052567138fddebdc7c 6/3/2013 7:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 37 KB
8 Status 0x31cc864ef9065b04e3deedeae49a7d00 4/3/2013 3:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 246 KB
9 Status 0x4fb4f888f941b2437f6961b4fba48a0f 10/5/2012 10:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 22 KB
10 Status 0xabbc818655b9cddb3d96af9e2c125b86 8/1/2012 1:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 318 KB
11 Status 0x8db91eec5a9f8eb00597752f0d48d929 6/22/2012 3:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 1 KB
12 Status 0x56fac50aeaef032e6418fec8056f2604 5/16/2012 11:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 929 KB
13 Status 0x71becf48f697a1a200ce487826ae218d 2/7/2012 2:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 93 KB
14 Status 0x1b8dc69b62e9fa415f8af143f5d7cbb1 12/14/2011 12:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 440 KB
15 Status 0xc994decd4ee4640982df97955abf662f 10/22/2011 10:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 357 KB
16 Status 0xadd3c9e4d70892b33b665f3eddad4070 7/2/2011 11:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 280 KB
17 Status 0x458e4af1dc42b22786f7052f3f513bd0 6/5/2011 4:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 100 KB
18 Status 0x035b6fcc95f65a1ab86e6e75432817ff 6/1/2011 10:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 8834 KB
19 Status 0x9fc009c29b89c031395dc8983c8dd335 11/11/2010 3:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 75 KB
20 Status 0x71bb8427fbe71b3bfcad100e504f0382 10/25/2010 6:15:00 PM Unknown Virus ** Read ** 9 KB
21 Status 0x9de092db0ce2b5b8728e5acdb7fc23ec 9/25/2010 12:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 114 KB
22 Status 0xe7d35eb662da16b21bfc16a7949ceefd 8/23/2010 2:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 103 KB
23 Status 0xa645637e6800e8cbe45e5951d4ef2f41 6/7/2010 6:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 128 KB
24 Status 0x3256730fe4f986211b6df2f3d045f5ad 5/26/2010 12:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 618 KB
25 Status 0x201a3a8e0d477a66e2fd06a35da63366 5/14/2010 4:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virus ** Read ** 394 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x279fe98805167e79a4f8b9102b7ff75f 1/18/2012 4:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1537 KB
2 Status 0xe21d01db00efe691cc2fc8cb0fbb7701 5/28/2011 6:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1010 KB
3 Status 0xa1bfbe52e8865c5641ac6eb1cee8db26 5/9/2011 9:20:00 AM Unknown 6.00.2900.3156 (xpsp_sp2_qfe.070613-1311) Windows Explorer 1009 KB
4 Status 0x3cb26103b5e19a8ccd4ee6deabc926b5 12/3/2010 12:04:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1010 KB
5 Status 0xa7830a9f166c9ce4f18ca22076f1077c 11/11/2010 6:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1681 KB
6 Status 0x8c6c27774a0048fe65facfe551cbc65d 6/26/2010 3:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1571 KB
7 Status 0xb27a8c30a9b7bbd0b409aca96bcffa23 3/14/2010 6:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1881 KB
8 Status 0xa0f98bb46beeaf2a94593ff9ab856a80 3/10/2010 11:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1560 KB
9 Status 0x907712ec5ae77486fc4db8dd917c731a 2/13/2010 7:12:00 PM Unknown 6.00.2900.3156 (xpsp_sp2_qfe.070613-1311) Windows Explorer 1680 KB
10 Status 0xa7c0d688652a2c5bb79cdba5332890df 11/16/2009 1:42:00 PM Unknown 6.00.2900.3156 (xpsp_sp2_qfe.070613-1311) Windows Explorer 1680 KB
11 Status 0x7a4ec6b6d1bc9a866438371b1662385c 11/10/2009 2:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1571 KB
12 Status 0xa90b824a6b9391cc23be5c3f47bdf287 11/5/2009 12:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1048 KB
13 Status 0xdc5d73a9809b66026231a9d49de6987f 9/25/2009 12:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1681 KB
14 Status 0xdbe9bb4018832ed71bc288b2a38f225b 9/24/2009 1:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1681 KB
15 Status 0xda765faefc21a92269f301c147be8b8c 8/10/2009 10:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1485 KB
16 Status 0x8ac8b004c6f29744d788d0b91609e17e 8/5/2009 5:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1883 KB
17 Status 0xb0180a6754460a2b86312c9ac5e715c9 8/1/2009 5:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1881 KB
18 Status 0x687402dee9b19aca63b6ff624e533b1b 7/16/2009 4:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 2408 KB
19 Status 0x77a84afa75cdc7d12bf5579ab39881ae 7/13/2009 8:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1680 KB
20 Status 0x5d1804d43d799f7040ac1c2df3ee137a 7/12/2009 6:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1681 KB
21 Status 0x39ccfb9187a3ec27827b717cabc81424 7/11/2009 5:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 981 KB
22 Status 0xad16ae8857930bd9a5fb169bd509d0c8 7/11/2009 9:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1516 KB
23 Status 0x11d57b21f4d9b6afd39a5812034dc315 7/10/2009 9:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1334 KB
24 Status 0xdc2b803bb81968b75128541b96d44744 7/8/2009 7:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1560 KB
25 Status 0x79e70da275556696f4b821d2d1b7f22b 7/8/2009 5:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Explorer 1485 KB


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