What is explorer?

explorer is usually located in the 'C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\' folder.

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

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.

VirusTotal report

32 of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the explorer file. That's a 76% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
a-squared	Trojan-Downloader.Delphi!IK
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/Banload.68608.AH
AntiVir	TR/Dldr.Banload.awlk
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Banload.gen
Authentium	W32/Trojan-Gypikon-based.DE!Maximus
Avast	Win32:Rootkit-gen
Avast5	Win32:Rootkit-gen
AVG	Downloader.Banload.AWOY
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.3855309
CAT-QuickHeal	TrojanDownloader.Banload.awlk
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader1.14779
eSafe	Win32.TrojanDownload
F-Prot	W32/Trojan-Gypikon-based.DE!Maximus
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.3855309
GData	Trojan.Generic.3855309
Ikarus	Trojan-Downloader.Delphi
Jiangmin	TrojanDownloader.Banload.anhb
Kaspersky	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.awlk
McAfee	Generic.dx!sqb
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic.dx!sqb
NOD32	a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Banload.OYY
Norman	W32/Obfuscated.A3!genr
nProtect	Trojan/W32.Agent.68608.GG
Panda	Trj/CI.A
PCTools	Adware.Websearch
Rising	Trojan.PSW.Win32.Bank.ew
Sophos	Mal/Banker-AA
Sunbelt	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Symantec	Adware.Websearch
VBA32	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.awlk
VirusBuster	Trojan.DL.Banload.BKMP

explorer removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove explorer with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the explorer file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that explorer 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 in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the explorer 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 in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\explorer

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

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If explorer still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If explorer is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If explorer 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 no longer appear in the scan result.

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