explorer | Startup List

Welcome to our new version of sysinfo.org

Recommendation

The BHO list was a project by Tony Klein and others who collected information about so called Browser Helper Objects. BHOs are plugins for Internet Explorer that are not always installed voluntarily. Information here is © 2000ff Tony Klein.
Spybot - Search & Destroy includes a Startup Manager that shows these entries.
Download Spybot Search & Destroy

Startup List details for explorer

State
U
Value
explorer
Filename
explorer.exe
Comment
Starts Windows Explorer. Unless this has been manually added to startups or added by another program it could be a virus such as PE_BISTRO or DVLDR or MYDOOM.C. Note that it is also not the explorer.exe task/service you'll see when via CTRL+ALT+DEL