What is the "svchost.exe" ? Variant 17606

Our database contains 5599 different files for filename svchost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the svchost.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name svchost.exe. Agregate rating is 1(1) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process svchost.exe.

svchost.exe Process
Product:
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Company:
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Description:
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Version:
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MD5:
445a2aeb0c469279070bf9331f8a44e8
Size:
1241088
Directory:
%SystemDiskRoot%\system32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Low oc0

Is the Process "svchost.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Threat .
Our final rating for this file is Threat. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
37% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
56% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "svchost.exe"

  • THREATrating from user MikeOne (Variant: 17606)

    Check carefully the MD5 sumcheck of this file. In this version, it is not an original part of the operating system (Generic Host Process for Win32 Services), but a Trojan.Generic.2780678 virus.