How to Remove “dllhost.exe”

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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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 20 October 2011 at 2:46 pm
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
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 17 December 2008 at 12:33 pm
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
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