What is Windows Internet Explorer 8?

Windows Internet Explorer 8 is software application developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Microsoft Windows XP with nearly 98.59% of installations running this operating system. Windows Internet Explorer 8's installer is typically 5.00 MB in size and installs around 106 files. The most common release is 20090115.021447 with 36.39% of all installations currently using this version.

Windows Internet Explorer 8 is most popular in the United States with 37.68% of installations residing in this country.

Windows Internet Explorer 8 adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Windows Internet Explorer 8 is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Windows Internet Explorer 8?

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8, also known as IE8, is a web browser designed with numerous new features such as WebSlices and Accelerators. Accelerators allow users to access online services with just a mouse click, while the address bar features domain highlighting to enhance security. In the event of a tab crashing, only that specific tab is affected, allowing the browser to remain stable and minimize disruptions to the browsing experience. Additionally, developers will find tools in IE8 that enable debugging of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and VBScript within the browser.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

ExtExport.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

iexplore.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Opera scheduled Uninstall survey 1401778396' (Next runs on 01.01.0001 at 0:00).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

iexplore.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).

Registry entries:

iexplore.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Internet Explorer' and executes as C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.
hmmapi.dll is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Windows Live Hotmail' and executes as C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\hmmapi.dll.

Registry entries (User):

iexplore.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'download_eSync27' which loads as iexplore.exe httC://core.ident.com/eSyncDownload.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.microsoft.com/ie

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\internet explorer

Uninstaller:

"C:\WINDOWS\ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe"

Size:

5.00 MB

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