Windows 7 Professional (32bit), Avast Free Antivirus, the latest version.
This just starting happening today. After booting up I get the alert:
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"Suspicious file detected"
"explorer.exe may be harmful to your computer"
"What would you like to do?"
"[DELETE] [MORE OPTIONS]... [Ignore], [Create Exception]"
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File Path C:\Windows\System32\explorer.exe
Detected by Anti-Rootkit Shield
Status Detected
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"Ignore" gets the same thing on next boot.
"DELETE" says it can't do it...
Looks like this file is not used since Task Manager shows C:\Windows\explorer.exe.
Could not find any reliable info on deleting C:\Windows\System32\explorer.exe. It's also an older version.
Would appreciate any information you have on this.
Thanks