c:\windows\system32\explorer.exe "suspicious files"

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Ah, what’s this? c:\windows\system32\explorer.exe “suspicious files” detected via a heuristic method…may be malware…yada yada…

Is this legit? If I send the file to Avast…is that just a copy of the file? obviously can’t delete that…haha.

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What is explorer.exe? >> http://www.file.net/process/explorer.exe.html

If I send the file to Avast...is that just a copy of the file?
Yes
Ah, what's this? c:\windows\system32\explorer.exe "suspicious files" [b]detected via a heuristic method[/b]
What detected it?

suspicious file(s) can be checked at www.virustotal.com

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Thanks for your reply! Okay, I understand now. Ran malwarebytes after googling other responses and it found the same file and deleted it. Now going to reboot… and check everything is okay…