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Recently I notice that in Task Manager, I have an Explorer.EXE (capitalized excactly as shown) process, not the usual explorer.exe
To remove Explorer.exe virus, follow these steps: STEP 1: Scan your computer with ESET Poweliks Cleaner; STEP 2: Use Rkill to stop the malicious process; STEP 3: Scan your computer with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware; STEP 4: Scan your computer with HitmanPro (OPTIONAL) STEP 5: Scan your computer with Zemana AntiMalware. Explorer.exe Can Be Exploited by Virus Whenever Windows starts, explorer.exe will be called. It is the feature that makes the process a target by virus makers who takes advantage of it to monitor activities for information theft. Is explorer.exe spyware or a virus? Run Security Task Manager to check your explorer process. Run Windows Repair Tool to repair explorer.exe related Windows Errors. Run MalwareBytes to remove persistent malware. What is Explorer.exe? Explorer.exe is an operating system file. The process explorer.exe is popularly known as Windows Explorer and it is used to explore the graphical user interface of Windows and shows the files of the hard disk, it is an application window launched and allows the user to navigate the contents of folders and view file information. After the reboot, I noticed a second instance of explorer.exe in taskmgr. It's description is Avira Anti Virus 9.1 Premium Edition. I don't use, nor have I ever used Avira anything.
Is this normal? Is it a virus? I have uploaded the file to VirusTotal but it's not positive.
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No, not necessarily. Windows is case-insensitive, so EXPLORER.EXE and explorer.exe are consider to be the same entity; provided they reside at the same path location. The correct location for Explorer is C:Windowsexplorer.exe. If you have an Explorer.exe at a different location, then I would be a little more concerned.
You should get Process Explorer, a tool that gives the information you wish TaskManger was showing you, from the SysInternals site. Microsoft bought SysInternals a few years ago because they, SysInternals, had a better grasp on the MS OSes than the MS developers did.
The reason that Explorer is shown in uppercase sometimes and lowercase others actually derives from the path that executed that instance of explorer.exe; for example, coming from a terminal services session, as is the case when using Remote Desktop to login, will show a capital explorer.exe (if I remember correctly.
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Strictly depends on location. Any instances of Explorer.exe outside **%root%Windows** should be carefully analised and threated as probable malware.
You may also use the website 'VirusTotal' to check this possibility.
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