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Process name: Adobe Acrobat IE Helper Version 6.0 for ActivieX
Product: Adobe Acrobat
Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated
File: acroiehelper.dll
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"acroiehelper.dll" is an Adobe Acrobat Internet Explorer application for displaying .pdf files.

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11483 users ask for this file. 6 users didn't rate it ("don't know"). 34 users rated it as not dangerous. 9 users rated it as not so dangerous. 11 users rated it as neutral. 4 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 5 users rated it as dangerous.


All comments about acroiehelper.dll:
c Adobe File  See also: Link
Lucas B. Adobe Acrobat Internet Explorer extension. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroIEHelper.AcroIEHlprObj
Chris  See also: Link
Dennis Johnson 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.
mike Adobe Acrobat reader  See also: Link
JQ2  See also: Link
Vampire Das ist ein Teil von Adobe Acrobat.  See also: Link
Comes from adobe but uses lot of memory
proggie the ripper (amadeuz) is kein spy aber lamt das system, ( Alte Rechner )
Darrin Its from ADOBE, Not needed uses large amount of memmory. I say shut it down.
Vic Van Vroom ACrobat Reader plug-in - intrusive but useful in the unlikely event that you are obsesses with keeping your PDF reader at the cutting edge
cyber Adobe Writer/Reader 5 does not like windows XP  See also: Link
Arlas Adobe acrobat. no problems
valu Adobe Acrobat Internet Explorer Plugin
Vicuña sangrienta Harmless, but i do not think you need it running all the time because it really eats up loads of resources.
Ave Adobe meint es vielleicht gut aber die DLL erzeugt des öfteren Fehlermeldungen beim Schließen eines IE-Fensters
beano not dangerous at all
Redphosphorous Its Adobe Acrobat file
Martin 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.
eric its sneaky and didnt ask for my permission -so dump the memory hog
Ed cannot delete AcroIEhelper.dll
BW 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
josh 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.
smee.init Adobe Acrobat Internet Helper - May zap some PC Resources  See also: Link
Matthew Boyd It displays PDF files, it's just adobe reader.  See also: Link
Raidsan option must provides for user to choose whether it's load or not
Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module acroiehelper.dll, version 7.0.5.172, fault address 0x000053b1.
jst666 adobe acrbat reader dataei
tazman73 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.
Yax K'uk Mo' Causes crashes when using DropDownList boxes in development for ASP.Net 1.1
George E. 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.
Poul 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...
FOO` IE plugin that reads PDF files within IE  See also: Link
SK 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).
Jimmy PDF files still load fine without this, so why bother having it on the system? Dump it.
Frits 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!
It is used to view files within IE,as a security precaution you should always untick "Display PDF in browser" in Preferences- Internet.
Chapel Tibet 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.
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.
CoachJames using my own filtering I've caught this program sending tcp packets
sku 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
Dan If you use Acrobat reader, it's necessary. Otherwise, no use using up resources - dump it!

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