What is pwahelper.dll?

pwahelper.dll is part of Microsoft Edge according to the pwahelper.dll version information.

pwahelper.dll's description is "PwaHelper shared library for Identity Proxy"

pwahelper.dll is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

pwahelper.dll is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\88.0.705.50\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about pwahelper.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on pwahelper.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft Edge
File descriptionPwaHelper shared library for Identity Proxy
Internal namePWA Identity Proxy
Original filenamepwahelper.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version88.0.705.50
File version88.0.705.50

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

Product nameMicrosoft Edge
File descriptionPwaHelper shared library for Identit..
Internal namePWA Identity Proxy
Original filenamepwahelper.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright Microsoft Corporation. All..
Product version88.0.705.50
File version88.0.705.50

Digital signatures [?]

pwahelper.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA 2011
Certificate serial number330000018b4cb8eb9d8f8ac0e900000000018b

VirusTotal report

None of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pwahelper.dll file.

None of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the pwahelper.dll file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5169c4abf313d236a0d467fc377b7a963
SHA2569cc7182266a4c905fbda96e99cea2503973684a0dc1fa6f0c02bb816b6b0c0aa

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