User Agent String:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; Trident/6.0)

The breakdown

Explanation of what each part of the User Agent string represents.

Part Type Description Version
Mozilla/5.0 Misinformation.
compatible Misinformation.
MSIE 10.0 Web Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0
Windows NT 6.2 Operating System Windows NT 6.2 6.2
WOW64 Web Browser 32-bit Internet Explorer running on 64-bit Windows
Trident/6.0 Rendering Engine MSHTML 6.0
What is a "User Agent"?

A User Agent is a short string that web browsers and other applications send to identify themselves to web servers.

Unfortunately, most browsers falsify part of their User-Agent header in an attempt to be compatible with more web servers.

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