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.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on explorer.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameProject1
Internal nameTJprojMain
Original filenameTJprojMain.exe
Product version1.00
File version1.00

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameProject1
Internal nameTJprojMain
Original filenameTJprojMain.exe
Product version1.00
File version1.00

Digital signatures [?]

explorer.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

56 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the explorer.exe file. That's a 81% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Acronis suspicious
Ad-Aware Win32.Gosys.B
AhnLab-V3 Worm/Win32.Mofksys.R198176
ALYac Win32.Gosys.B
APEX Malicious
Arcabit Win32.Gosys.B
Avast Win32:VB-OJQ [Wrm]
AVG Win32:VB-OJQ [Wrm]
Avira TR/Patched.Ren.Gen
Baidu Win32.Worm.VB.b
BitDefender Win32.Gosys.B
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.e2b152
Cylance Unsafe
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
Cyren W32/Trojan.UEJO-9077
DrWeb Win32.HLLP.Swisyn
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
Emsisoft Win32.Gosys.B (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/VB.NBI
FireEye Generic.mg.f1a4e49e2b152c61
Fortinet W32/VB.QCC!tr.dldr
GData Win32.Trojan.PSE1.C4EPE9
Ikarus Worm.Mofksys
Jiangmin Trojan/Agent.hxgb
K7AntiVirus Virus ( 00579e181 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0058e74a1 )
Kaspersky Virus.Win32.VB.mz
Malwarebytes Sivis.Virus.FileInfector.DDS
MAX malware (ai score=80)
MaxSecure Virus.W32.Agent.xjgj
McAfee W32/Swisyn.b
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Swisyn.cm
Microsoft Worm:Win32/Mofksys.RND!MTB
MicroWorld-eScan Win32.Gosys.B
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Swisyn.flhacn
Panda Trj/Spy.AT
Rising Trojan.Agent!1.6A70 (CLASSIC)
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Save.a
SentinelOne Static AI - Malicious PE
Sophos ML/PE-A + Troj/Agent-ABZF
Symantec W32.Gosys
TACHYON Worm/W32.VB-Mofksys.Zen
tehtris Generic.Malware
Tencent Worm.Win32.Wbna.wf
TrendMicro PE_SWISB.A-O
TrendMicro-HouseCall PE_SWISB.A-O
VBA32 TScope.Trojan.VB
VirIT Trojan.Win32.Agent4.ALYU
Webroot W32.Worm.Mofksys
Zillya Virus.HLLP.Win32.1
56 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the explorer.exe file.

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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  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.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    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.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  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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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f1a4e49e2b152c610c169b57deb3ade1
SHA25699d8c00a0c989728aea5c8a9571e69c86cac8ddc55e0f0fd8968b3eee6c870ef

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to explorer.exe:

explorer.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

explorer.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

explorer.exe has stopped working.

End Program - explorer.exe. This program is not responding.

explorer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

explorer.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Yukiosl writes

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# 14 Nov 2023, 23:44

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