Why Does Explorer.exe Keeps Popping Up And Asking For Permission To Run?

1. Johnny Treese Says

   It may very well be a malicious explorer.exe running on your system asking for permission. You said you have Vista Antivirus 2012 and that is for a fact a BAD program http://www.spywareremove.com/removeVista…
   I would boot into Safe Mode and then find the explorer.exe that is NOT running and move it to a different folder and then restart your PC. see if that stops the explorer.exe from causing issues. Also, remove Vista Antivirus 2012 as quickly as you can. You can also delete those files in safe mode related to Vista Antivirus 2012. Or use a malware removal tool to do it automaticly. Either way, you need to get that malware off of your system. That is why explorer.exe is doing that.

2. Anonymous Says

   Explorer.exe is what your computer uses to let you use it. Hence explorer. That’s why when you ended it, it made your desktop go black, icons disappear etc. I don’t know why it would act that way unless it needs your permission to use major system files, to explore items etc.
   **Need more help? Let me know ^_^**

3. John Says

   It’s a Trojan horse, nod doubt about that. I think it’s the same trojan that asks to run msiexec.exe http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2011/0…

4. Pc Custodian Says

   WOW U FELL FOR VISTA ANTIVIRUS

5. gymnasti Says

   wait, who’s explorer.exe and why are they asking to go for a jog??

6. Hel Says

   explorer.exe is the user shell, which we see as the familiar taskbar, desktop, and other user interface features. This process isn’t as vital to the running of Windows as you might expect, and can be stopped (and restarted) from Task Manager, usually with no negative side effects on other applications.
   Note: The explorer.exe file is located in the folder C:Windows. In other cases, explorer.exe is a virus, spyware, trojan or worm!

7. Taylor Says

   Explorer.exe is actually the process for windows explorer (i.e. your taskbar and your document explorer). When you end explorer.exe, you actually end the process on your computer that controls your taskbar, desktop, and many other key system components.
   You will only be asked permissions to run something if the program wants to make changes to your hard drive (which Windows Explorer will almost never do), and if you do say no, it shouldn’t constantly prompt you.
   If by popup you mean an Internet Explorer popup which states you have some random system error, 99% of the time it is fake, however you shouldn’t need to worry about this because i believe you are talking about Administrator control rights. System restore isn’t actually the best thing to do, as most viruses directly infect that first in order to survive a restore.
   With that being said, i can almost guarentee you have some sort of virus. It will continue to pester you even when the internet is off because of the fact that it is already saved on your C drive.
   Firstly, i would recommend booting your PC into safe mode with networking (you can easily find out by Googling how to). This may temporairly stop the virus from executing until you can find the infected file. Next download Malwarebytes (can be found on many sites, eg. download.com). Say yes to the 30-day trial(only some features are disabled after trial is over so dont worry) and preform a flash scan. If it doesnt find anything preform a quick scan, and once it is done, press the button to fix infections and reboot your PC normally.
   At this point your PC should be somewhat restored to the way it was, but I recommend running a full scan of Malwarebytes just to be sure. For future reference, i dont recommend manual shutdowns, as they damage the computer, but if it was the only way it is fine once or twice.
   If none of my steps work, go to youtube.com/mrizos and look for any of his videos on bootable anti malware disks. He does very good tutorials and i recommend watching them to gain more information.

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