What is explorer.exe?

explorer.exe is part of Project1 according to the explorer.exe version information.

explorer.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected explorer.exe.

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VirusTotal report

62 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the explorer.exe file. That's a 89% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.30681149
AhnLab-V3	Worm/Win32.Mofksys.R198176
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.30681149
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Agent
APEX	Malicious
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1D4283D
AVG	Win32:VB-OJQ [Wrm]
Avira	WORM/Mofksys.bouem
Baidu	Win32.Worm.VB.b
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.30681149
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.FB4C4F7A20
Bkav	W32.WatermarkHQc.PE
CAT-QuickHeal	W32.Mofksys.A4
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.VBGeneric-6735875-0
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.VB.QOTY@4qfd0g
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.e5884d
Cylance	Unsafe
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Cyren	W32/Trojan.UEJO-9077
DrWeb	Win32.HLLP.Swisyn
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_64%
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.30681149 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/VB.NBI
F-Secure	Worm.WORM/Mofksys.bouem
FireEye	Generic.mg.c848242e5884d33c
Fortinet	W32/VB.QCC!tr.dldr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.30681149
Gridinsoft	Backdoor.Win32.Gen.sb!s1
Ikarus	Worm.Mofksys
Jiangmin	Trojan/Agent.hxgb
K7AntiVirus	Virus ( 00573f9f1 )
K7GW	Virus ( 00573f9f1 )
Kaspersky	Virus.Win32.VB.mz
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Dropper
MAX	malware (ai score=81)
MaxSecure	Virus.W32.Agent.xjgj
McAfee	W32/Swisyn.b
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Swisyn.cm
Microsoft	Worm:Win32/Mofksys.R!MTB
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.30681149
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Swisyn.flhacn
Panda	Trj/Spy.AT
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM03.0.8D4A.Malware.Gen
Rising	Trojan.Agent!1.6A70 (CLASSIC)
Sangfor	Malware
SentinelOne	Static AI - Malicious PE
Sophos	ML/PE-A + Troj/Agent-ABZF
Symantec	W32.Gosys
TACHYON	Worm/W32.VB-Mofksys.Zen
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10b08f85
TotalDefense	Win32/Tnega.SHMfXW
TrendMicro	PE_SWISB.A-O
TrendMicro-HouseCall	PE_SWISB.A-O
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.VB
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Agent.abzf (v)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!182yZo+3+DM
Zillya	Virus.HLLP.Win32.1
ZoneAlarm	Virus.Win32.VB.mz
Zoner	Trojan.Win32.88925

explorer.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove explorer.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the explorer.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that explorer.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate explorer.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the explorer.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate explorer.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\explorer.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the explorer.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If explorer.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If explorer.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If explorer.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that explorer.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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