What is msedgewebview2.exe?

msedgewebview2.exe is part of Microsoft Edge WebView2 and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the msedgewebview2.exe version information.

msedgewebview2.exe's description is "Microsoft Edge WebView2"

msedgewebview2.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

msedgewebview2.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\85.0.564.68\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about msedgewebview2.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on msedgewebview2.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft Edge WebView2
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft Edge WebView2
Internal namemsedgewebview2_exe
Original filenamemsedgewebview2.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version85.0.564.68
File version85.0.564.68

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMicrosoft Edge WebView2
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft Edge WebView2
Internal namemsedgewebview2_exe
Original filenamemsedgewebview2.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright Microsoft Corporation. All..
Product version85.0.564.68
File version85.0.564.68

Digital signatures [?]

msedgewebview2.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA 2011
Certificate serial number330000018a073733cf2048893c00000000018a

VirusTotal report

None of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the msedgewebview2.exe file.

None of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the msedgewebview2.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1601801589.421875,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "msedgewebview2.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".voltbl",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "EDPENLIGHTENEDAPPINFOID",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "EDPPERMISSIVEAPPINFOID",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "GOOGLEUPDATEAPPLICATIONCOMMANDS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 866,
            "time": 1.0197770595550537,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1194,
            "time": 1.6211810111999512,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1522,
            "time": -0.09748196601867676,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1850,
            "time": 1.5940320491790771,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 2942,
            "time": 1.04811692237854,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "828e048f2cccfd0b5c675a90b56813a785e2d99d3710a3a5abbed08a4c4923d4",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "81cbb1f82a2fdfe081c5ba6e4f37afb8016a87b96659bc138336d50a97e33465",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5649bf270b1e4d208a79d320dd9dcb387
SHA2561357bc93becf8806ce6d2b6c7357553e26356b01e85e08bbeba9ef8464bdd136

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to msedgewebview2.exe:

msedgewebview2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

msedgewebview2.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Microsoft Edge WebView2 has stopped working.

End Program - msedgewebview2.exe. This program is not responding.

msedgewebview2.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

msedgewebview2.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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User vote results: There were 83 votes to remove and 10 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.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Karin writes

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msedgewebview2.exe wants permission from my virus scanner (NOD32 from ESET) when I want to open (Firefox) the Amazon Assistant extension. Why? I will never use Edge, but, it is not possible to uninstall.
Windows 11

# 22 Oct 2021, 21:57

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