What is the "ielowutil.exe" ? Variant 1008587

Our database contains 187 different files for filename ielowutil.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the ielowutil.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name ielowutil.exe. This file belongs to product Windows® Internet Explorer and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Internet Low-Mic Utility Tool. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process ielowutil.exe.

Product:: Windows® Internet Explorer
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Internet Low-Mic Utility Tool
Version:: 8.0.7100.0
MD5:: 18344a8c11c84fcb2d3076d9c4471c7a
SHA1:: 4664df2ebc1af4d6d8a099b5389a22dafc0fec07
SHA256:: 8d7b1231a107aa0e707cb029e93d232b8c48941cf8a05cc79816beeab3a48223
Size:: 115712
Directory:: %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: Low

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Microsoft Security Essentials	2015-12-09 18:05:40
avast! Antivirus	2013-01-18 22:41:55

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Reviews for different files with filename "%PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe"

SAFErating from user eger for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
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: 12106824)
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.