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What is ielowutil.exe? IELowutil?

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Windows® Internet Explorer
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: Ielowutil.exe is an executable program file that most likely arrived as preinstalled software on your pc if you are running Windows Vista or later. This file would not appear on Windows XP systems. Always check the exact file location to verify it is not virus or adware related, as often spyware and virus writers use similiar names and just locate their files in different folders. This Ielowutil.exe program is part of your Internet Explorer browser from Microsoft. You will often see this in your computer's task list. This file is considered safe and is not virus or spyware related.

ielowutil.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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ielowutil.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 2.18%
Average CPU use for this program: null%
Average RAM for this program: null MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ielowutil.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xca2975d7d9aaef8a3f97f8b9c4380857 4/10/2012 2:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 217 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x9cc9e64770287554516a529b4f420964 11/24/2011 5:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 217 KB
2 Status 0xe25eb0b0f3795ff981eed5ac98cb182d 9/18/2011 10:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 216 KB
3 Status 0x18344a8c11c84fcb2d3076d9c4471c7a 8/10/2011 11:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
4 Status 0x9e041fe466c564731de3856f9df53e83 8/10/2011 4:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 332 KB
5 Status 0xe6853f755c431c98bff168b169fb442a 5/19/2011 12:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
6 Status 0xf10c1a276aa15b986949441a85e3656c 2/11/2011 11:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
7 Status 0x7f4c4eeef8456cabdfad4417de8a996c 11/4/2010 1:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
8 Status 0x77fee7bb9884c69c2c7c29edb565fb12 2/14/2010 6:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
9 Status 0x0c93005c3a3c9287d4a919d73824c474 12/27/2009 12:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
10 Status 0xe368511a9fffabd28731eca562e3b9b5 12/9/2009 8:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
11 Status 0x2f25d519ca49541fdb63cd1905691ad9 11/10/2009 4:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
12 Status 0xf76050c27e2ec0ba2d66331edbd56bdd 10/21/2009 3:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
13 Status 0x3edd8a3b9c8faa5cb2640cf0830fba4d 10/9/2009 5:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
14 Status 0xfb623cee415ad3718c90a2f9630b0db7 10/8/2009 12:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
15 Status 0xc7538915278314f43f77432802b46979 9/11/2009 11:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
16 Status 0x217680a0e2703c6ffc9944f26a655080 9/9/2009 3:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
17 Status 0x2e5037d511d5ca487b764f23950ba769 8/24/2009 10:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
18 Status 0x904f6b010457ce0a211ac9b48a42c53c 7/28/2009 7:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
19 Status 0xdd792b9255a2ee99ab7d2c1d8dc2ebb5 7/20/2009 7:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
20 Status 0x154ef66d5683a87e8b337079577946ac 6/7/2009 11:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
21 Status 0xfb3be0e7dc0d5e502c80545d78972e9a 4/4/2009 9:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB
22 Status 0xc34843bec01d8b934f6f4cb64ff5df8e 3/3/2009 12:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown IELowutil 113 KB


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