explorer.exe wants to access internet?! why? who?

[Dirk41]

hi guys.
since now i was able to upload to virustotal files downloaded in a sandbox without requests from "explorer.exe" to access internet. i enabled the browser and VT to access internet.
now i want to check with VT the file of "w 8.1 upgrade assistant"(on a pc with Wxp) and SBIE infom me that explorer.exe want to access internet.
if i do the same on a pc with w10 it doesn't happen.
what could be that explorer.exe?a virus?

thank you

[Craig@Invincea]

hi guys.
since now i was able to upload to virustotal files downloaded in a sandbox without requests from "explorer.exe" to access internet. i enabled the browser and VT to access internet.
now i want to check with VT the file of "w 8.1 upgrade assistant"(on a pc with Wxp) and SBIE infom me that explorer.exe want to access internet.
if i do the same on a pc with w10 it doesn't happen.
what could be that explorer.exe?a virus?

thank you

Is it SBIE that's saying that? Or Norton? That's something SBIE wouldn't do. If so, they look like this. http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?Mess ... mSandboxie
If you got the upgrade assistant from here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... online-faq it's legit

Explorer.exe is a browser, so it would need access to the internet. Different OS prompt different messages, but not from SBIE.

[Dirk41]

maybe i don't remember well but i think it didn't look like first link

yes i took it from that webpage.

as far as i knew iexplorer.exe is a browser that want to access internet, not explorer.exe that should be browse through folders.

anyway thank you: different os = different response