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Process name: Adobe Acrobat IE Helper Version 6.0 for ActivieX

Product: Adobe Acrobat

Support: Help link ☒   Update link ☒   Uninstall tool ☒  

Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated

File: acroiehelper.dll

Security Rating: 1


"acroiehelper.dll" is an Internet Explorer helper application. It allows you to display Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files directly within your web browser, rather than having to launch Acrobat Reader. http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/acroiehelper.dll.html 

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Average user rating of acroiehelper.dll: 4 based on 82 votes. Read also the 49 reviews.

15146 users ask for this file. 41 users rated it as not dangerous. 14 users rated it as not so dangerous. 15 users rated it as neutral. 4 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 8 users rated it as dangerous. 8 users didn't rate it ("don't know").


All comments about acroiehelper.dll:
rate1 Adobe File  See also: Link   c
rate2 Adobe Acrobat Internet Explorer extension. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroIEHelper.AcroIEHlprObj   Lucas B.
rate1  See also: Link   Chris
rate3 Various virus scaners keep jitting on it in huristic mode. It uses a heck of a lot of memmory and is loaded even if you are not using acrobat. I say give it the boot.   Dennis Johnson
rate1 Adobe Acrobat reader  See also: Link   mike
rate1  See also: Link   JQ2
rate3 Comes from adobe but uses lot of memory  
rate2 is kein spy aber lamt das system, ( Alte Rechner )   proggie the ripper (amadeuz)
rate1 Its from ADOBE, Not needed uses large amount of memmory. I say shut it down.   Darrin
rate2 ACrobat Reader plug-in - intrusive but useful in the unlikely event that you are obsesses with keeping your PDF reader at the cutting edge   Vic Van Vroom
rate3 Adobe Writer/Reader 5 does not like windows XP   cyber
rate1 Adobe acrobat. no problems   Arlas
rate1 Adobe Acrobat Internet Explorer Plugin   valu
rate1 Harmless, but i do not think you need it running all the time because it really eats up loads of resources.   Vicuņa sangrienta
rate1 not dangerous at all   beano
rate0 Its Adobe Acrobat file   Redphosphorous
rate0 This ActiveX Component ist installed with Adobe Acrobat Reader 7. The last usable version of Acrobat Reader was V5.1. Version 6 was the slowes version ever. Unfortunately, version 7 ist full of bugs. Nearly every day I receive error messages when shutting down WinXP. Some of these errors are related to AcroIEHelper.   Martin
rate0 its sneaky and didnt ask for my permission -so dump the memory hog   eric
rate0 cannot delete AcroIEhelper.dll   Ed
rate5 I was unable to close it down. It did not respond to my efforts to close. Adobe is a big company. Big enough and PDF is universal enough for the Govt spies to infiltrate their programming ranks inserting code for the NSA, CIA, FBI etc. to keep an eye on potential political enemies.  See also: Link   BW
rate0 start menu run regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\acroiehelper.dll" -- will give you an error message, but does actually unregister the dll so that it does not load.   josh
rate1 Adobe Acrobat Internet Helper - May zap some PC Resources  See also: Link   smee.init
rate1 It displays PDF files, it's just adobe reader.  See also: Link   Matthew Boyd
rate4 option must provides for user to choose whether it's load or not   Raidsan
rate3 Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module acroiehelper.dll, version 7.0.5.172, fault address 0x000053b1.  
rate1 adobe acrbat reader dataei   jst666
rate1 It is an Adobe Acrobat browser add-on for PDF documents. To disable it while using Internet Explorer, go to the TOOLS menu and select MANAGE ADD-ONS. Click on the file with the ACROIEHELPER.DLL extension and the choose DISABLE from the menu at the bottom. After restarting your system you wont have to worry about it anymore.   tazman73
rate3 Causes crashes when using DropDownList boxes in development for ASP.Net 1.1   Yax K'uk Mo'
rate1 A BHO, open PDF files within your browser. it should not be terminated if you want to open PDF files in your browser. Sometimes make browser stuck if it have to open a large PDF document. Netcaptor show an error message everytime I open a pdf document.   George E.
rate4 This file shut down IE for me, so I deactivated it. However it's not very big 62 Kb. Someone else said it uses a lot of memory...   Poul
rate1 IE plugin that reads PDF files within IE  See also: Link   FOO`
rate2 Part of Adobe Acrobat Reader, this is actually a little Browser helper object. It allows viewing PDF Documents within the Internet Explorer Window. Not really necessary, but convenient to have. Downside: may consume a lot of memory and cause slowdowns or errors (when closing Internet Explorer).   SK
rate3 PDF files still load fine without this, so why bother having it on the system? Dump it.   Jimmy
rate4 it does prohibit me to uninstall non-working versions of Acrobat Reader 7 and to reinstall other versions (stating that as newer version has already been installed, while I actually got rid of all program files except for the infamous AcroIEHelper.dll). So basically due to this file I'm stuck. Cannot uninstall, cannot (re-)install. Cannot do anything with pdfs. Thanks Acrobat!   Frits
rate1 It is used to view files within IE,as a security precaution you should always untick "Display PDF in browser" in Preferences- Internet.  
rate2 Well, it's Adobe and we all know that Adobe is VERY intrusive and loads up spam files that really are not necessary except to Adobe's ego.   Chapel Tibet
rate0 Prevents you from upgrading once you delete reader had to reformat hard drive and reinstall software to get new version of acrobat reader....a real disaster, no patch...is often noted on adobe message board.  
rate4 using my own filtering I've caught this program sending tcp packets   CoachJames
rate1 if you want for adobe to run under (in) Internet Explorer when you open some pdf on the web, leave it on. if you want for Adobe reader to start every time in seperate window when you acces any pdf file in IE, shut it off.  See also: Link   sku
rate1 If you use Acrobat reader, it's necessary. Otherwise, no use using up resources - dump it!   Dan
rate1 Allow to view PDF documents within Internet Explorer   IC
rate1 Not necessary as an auto startup.  
rate0 I had the same problem as Frits - not able to delete this file so couldn't reinstall Adobe Reader to get it to work, so couldnt use pdf files. However, found the solution for my pc - downloaded Windows Installer CleanUp tool from Microsoft site, and ran it.. then was able to install Acrobat Reader Yippee!! Finally can look at pdf files again.   CAM
rate5 Froze my PC hard twice, and locked up Acrobat many times. Tried to get rid of it and it came back. Now EVERYTHING I click on a popup comes up and says it's looking for Acrobat... Adobe Acrobat also does not deliver much for this pain - stick to the Reader or use Ghostscript/Ghostview...   PaoloJetJock
rate2 since it did not register successfully in a recent re-install, I have not been able to open web pages that are pdfs... like my "paperless" utility bills etc. in my case, this little dll is very important and very much missed!   luciart
rate2 Acrobat Pro will not install on Vista w/o it.   Rick
rate2 It displays PDF files in most browsers. Not resource heavy. Some sites require PDF files to display in your browser. Best to leave it on.   Joah
rate5 AcroIEHelper in Windows\inf\ is a virus, Turn off Adobe Reader Addon to assist in cleaning.   krm
rate0 I can't remove process like this from control panel Settings Control Panel Add/Remove Programs  

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