What is iehelper.dll?

iehelper.dll is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

iehelper.dll does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

iehelper.dll is not signed.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD514dd7d99f580cd2b40634903523dfa08
SHA2567f6945299aff3388add621976053962dd04ba7cc2f448affe65e96bc5f496e0d

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User vote results: There were 15 votes to remove and 4 votes to keep

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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Roger Karlsson writes

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iehelper.dll was installed through a security hole.

# 9 Jun 2009, 11:14

Roger Karlsson writes

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Here's what the scanners at virustotal.com says about the file:

a-squared 4.5.0.18 2009.06.14 Riskware.FraudTool.Win32.WinSpywareProtect!IK
AhnLab-V3 5.0.0.2 2009.06.14 -
AntiVir 7.9.0.187 2009.06.14 -
Antiy-AVL 2.0.3.1 2009.06.12 FraudTool/Win32.WinSpywareProtect.gen
Authentium 5.1.2.4 2009.06.14 -
Avast 4.8.1335.0 2009.06.14 Win32:FakeAlert-BO
AVG 8.5.0.339 2009.06.14 Agent2.JYW
BitDefender 7.2 2009.06.15 -
CAT-QuickHeal 10.00 2009.06.13 FraudTool.WinSpywareProtect.v (Not a Virus)
ClamAV 0.94.1 2009.06.14 -
Comodo 1328 2009.06.14 -
DrWeb 5.0.0.12182 2009.06.15 Trojan.Fakealert.4405
eSafe 7.0.17.0 2009.06.11 -
eTrust-Vet 31.6.6556 2009.06.12 -
F-Prot 4.4.4.56 2009.06.14 -
F-Secure 8.0.14470.0 2009.06.13 FraudTool.Win32.WinSpywareProtect.vz
Fortinet 3.117.0.0 2009.06.14 W32/FakeAlert.DH!tr
GData 19 2009.06.15 Win32:FakeAlert-BO
Ikarus T3.1.1.59.0 2009.06.14 not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.WinSpywareProtect
K7AntiVirus 7.10.762 2009.06.12 -
Kaspersky 7.0.0.125 2009.06.15 not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.WinSpywareProtect.vz
McAfee 5646 2009.06.14 FakeAlert-DH
McAfee+Artemis 5646 2009.06.14 FakeAlert-DH
McAfee-GW-Edition 6.7.6 2009.06.14 Trojan.LooksLike.FakeSpypro
Microsoft 1.4701 2009.06.14 Trojan:Win32/FakeSpypro
NOD32 4153 2009.06.14 -
Norman 6.01.09 2009.06.12 -
nProtect 2009.1.8.0 2009.06.14 -
Panda 10.0.0.14 2009.06.14 W32/Autorun.AFX
PCTools 4.4.2.0 2009.06.12 -
Prevx 3.0 2009.06.15 High Risk Cloaked Malware
Rising 21.33.62.00 2009.06.14 AdWare.Win32.BHO.eze
Sophos 4.42.0 2009.06.15 Mal/Generic-A
Sunbelt 3.2.1858.2 2009.06.14 -
Symantec 1.4.4.12 2009.06.15 -
TheHacker 6.3.4.3.345 2009.06.13 -
TrendMicro 8.950.0.1092 2009.06.12 -
VBA32 3.12.10.7 2009.06.14 -
ViRobot 2009.6.13.1785 2009.06.13 -
VirusBuster 4.6.5.0 2009.06.14 -

# 14 Jun 2009, 16:34

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