What is the "ielowutil.exe" ?

Our database contains 187 different files for filename ielowutil.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name ielowutil.exe. This files most often belongs to product Windows® Internet Explorer. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Internet Low-Mic Utility Tool. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 14 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process ielowutil.exe.

IElowUtil.exe is the broker process that handles operations which require processing at a Low Integrity level with using the Protected Mode operation in Internet Explorer 8. One common operation supported is getting and saving cookies across integrity levels. Ielowutil.exe is a 32/64-bit executable for a graphics UI style application. More info about this process can be found on e.g. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/askie/archive/2009/03/12/what-does-ielowutil-exe-have-to-do-with-internet-explorer-8-0.aspx?PageIndex=1#comments

ielowutil.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "ielowutil.exe"

Product:
Windows® Internet Explorer
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Internet Low-Mic Utility Tool
Version:
10.0.9200.16521
MD5:
5397e32e882c0148cec13d9eacfb7157
SHA1:
ae37895c65a46970dc5d25caaba82b054efd74f4
SHA256:
2577642328e1240860e7d0f6fc010e95543789e686020fd2a9072c730e28f09a
Size:
222208
Directory:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

Is the Process "ielowutil.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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Latest new variant of the file with name "ielowutil.exe" was discovered 4070 days ago. Our database contains 21 variants of the file "ielowutil.exe" with final rating Safe and 1 variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

User Reviews of the "ielowutil.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "ielowutil.exe"

  • SAFErating from user eger for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exeflag ru

  • SAFErating from user Vasil for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe (Variant: 28178156)

    Internet Low-Mic (Medium Integrity Cookie) Utility Tool - The Low-Mic process is intended to broker low- and medium-integrity process API calls. It has to do with increasing security (reducing malware attack vectors) in IE8 and IE9. Check the thread at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie9-windows_7/what-is-ielowutilexe/b25ff7f1-b280-e011-9b4b-68b599b31bf5

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\IELowutil.exe (Variant: 14613532)

    IElowUtil.exe is the broker process that handles operations which require processing at a Low Integrity level with using the Protected Mode operation in Internet Explorer 8. One common operation supported is getting and saving cookies across integrity levels. Ielowutil.exe is a 32/64-bit executable for a graphics UI style application. More info about this process can be found on e.g. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/askie/archive/2009/03/12/what-does-ielowutil-exe-have-to-do-with-internet-explorer-8-0.aspx?PageIndex=1#comments

  • SAFErating from user JOEYO for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe

  • SAFErating from user Preventivo31 for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe (Variant: 524)

    IELowUtil.exe is the broker process that handles operations which require processing at a Low Integrity level. More info about this process can be found on e.g. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/askie/archive/2009/03/12/what-does-ielowutil-exe-have-to-do-with-internet-explorer-8-0.aspx?PageIndex=1#comments

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe (Variant: 524)

    IElowUtil.exe is the broker process that handles operations which require processing at a Low Integrity level with using the Protected Mode operation in Internet Explorer 8. One common operation supported is getting and saving cookies across integrity levels. Ielowutil.exe is a 32/64-bit executable for a graphics UI style application. This file is safe, was not marked as a threat or virus-containing application by any antivirus software. Check the MD5 hash, there can be more versions of this file.