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What is explorer.exe? Windows Explorer

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

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Pitstop Analysis

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.

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explorer.exe Technical Information

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

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
explorer.exe

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# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
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