What is wininet.exe?

wininet.exe is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\' folder.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

wininet.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

wininet.exe is not signed.

Filename variants

wininet.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

wininet.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\WINDOWS\System32\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5bb3d870904e28b373337a83fccbf4d6d
SHA2561830aa4f43b0720273524c93451b136320689af4e97f68b0bfa6c5c3f431b57b

Error Messages

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

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

wininet.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.

wininet.exe has stopped working.

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

wininet.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with wininet.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with wininet.exe. 78% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 63 users.

User vote results: There were 49 votes to remove and 14 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with wininet.exe.

Malware or legitimate?

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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.

Roger Karlsson writes

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This file was installed by exploiting a security hole in my malware honeypot.

# 15 Jun 2009, 9:23

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