What is Dllhost.exe?
Dllhost.exe is a legitimate Windows file, and also know as COM surrogate. It belongs to Microsoft Windows operating system. This is very useful file and is used to load required Dll files to run the Windows program. It is a Windows core file and so it is stored in c:\windows path. Malware Programmers write the malware program and name it dlllhost.exe and it is spread via internet.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to find system is affected by dllhost.exe malware
When the PC performmance is very low or the system is rebooting automatically, the system is infected with the malware. To check and confirm the same, go to the task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+ALT+DEL and go to the process and check the dllhost.exe process and right click on the proceess if the locaton is c:\windows, then the system is safe and secure, if not, you can conclude that your system is affected by virus.
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No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 860d6e56c849a4e7 212d8aea0ba89160 6966ad00 |
aceaf36c59e4e887 4ac1519c4ffcecf2 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 6.1.7600.1 6385 (win7_rtm. 090713-125 5) |
6.1.7600.1 6385 |
Indonesia | N/A |
2 | NULL | Executable | c858b68cf38129f1 8ad8fdd3ae99865d 82b3255d |
58070bd5213c46e4 ec2175085dd34b1e |
Unclassified Malware |
No | 1.0.0.0 | 1.0.0.0 | United States | N/A |
3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 2dd7f02837f4061a f03006bc68f384fb 65850f77 |
2e13eeea293b5e1d d7b708756bc5c596 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 6.1.7600.1 6385 (win7_rtm. 090713-125 5) |
6.1.7600.1 6385 |
China | N/A |
4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 9ecb9b173407d46c a7706102a0e218bf b412900b |
6f3f66da9ecb3fc2 42957d8fc9ba4ff8 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 5.1.2600.2 180 (xpsp_sp2_ rtm.040803 -2158) |
5.1.2600.2 180 |
India | N/A |
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Non-executable | a30da893df4cd8c4 7d22b37618c22b0b f91824b0 |
e8031ce7600c1f00 f9197ab2ae916f29 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
2 | N/A | Non-executable | f87e6b2143137234 db1e1dbf79d9177d 2c5a3254 |
48a5bf21996cccc2 9aa302c6cc328d98 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 45e05a31cbae7181 8816ec86aa6152f6 d8c22e8c |
c6723950d1a8cd49 d93c8d082b175d41 |
Yes | 10.0.19041 .1 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
10.0.19041 .1 |
104.238.128.144/32 |
4 | N/A | Non-executable | 68344887cc0646f9 211e53ccdb46834e 5743bf24 |
f83ba55129cdb19e 82430d342b465b1b |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |