Estimated safety rating

explorer.exe may be a dangerous application, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" flags detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if explorer.exe is a virus or an ok program that doesn't harm your PC. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

This program is normally stored on disk in C:\Windows\explorer.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is 2e8c114bf2ed6f114a1d419b447e46b1.

Is running as a service

This application is NOT a Windows service. This is good.

Belongs to the operating system

explorer.exe seems to have something to do with Windows SFC (System File Checker) or Windows File Protection.

Is a 64 bit executable file

This is a x64 executable. It uses the full capacity of nowadays' CPUs.

File description

The description stored in the file is Windows Explorer.

File version

File version 10.0.20226.1000 (WinBuild.160101.0800).

Manufacturer

Publisher Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Legal copyright notice © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Has valid windows

explorer.exe appears to have a visible user interface. This means it doesn't operate in a kind of stealth mode. Its operation is clearly shown to you.

Digitally signed

explorer.exe is digitally signed. Nowadays the large majority of legit programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is broken. This means it is most likely that this software application may be malware and that somebody most likely modified it after the signature was generated. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Microsoft Windows

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Microsoft Development PCA 2014

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have a removal routine stored in registry.