What is the "conhost.exe" ?

Our database contains 732 different files for filename conhost.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name conhost.exe. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Console Window Host. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 37 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process conhost.exe.

This executable is the Console Window Host for MS Windows - this host application enables the non-GUI aplications to write and receive inputs on console mode. Very descriptive article can be found on MS Technet pages : 

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/10/05/windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-console-host.aspx - "Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host" article

conhost.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "conhost.exe"

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Console Window Host
Version:
6.1.7601.18015
MD5:
1bcdb508143b517f21bbdac10f5777bf
SHA1:
d836fce5ee3175e5178dadd40e1fec98a83fbce9
SHA256:
663e6944bcba6022bfd30f579bb057ed563e18c7610b60edaa42415ce5cea1b4
Size:
338432
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

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

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95% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
5% of reviewed files are marked as Threat .
Latest new variant of the file with name "conhost.exe" was discovered 4325 days ago. Our database contains 92 variants of the file "conhost.exe" with final rating Safe and 37 variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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User Reviews of the "conhost.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "conhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020 for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe (Variant: 43377066)

    Take a look at Sabrina01's comment.

  • SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020 for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe (Variant: 43377066)

    Look at MikeOne's comment. Referring to Windows 10 as well.

  • SAFErating from user fshr for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Sabrina01 for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe (Variant: 40503456)

    Used as Host by Windows 10 Insider Preview

  • SAFErating from user Denis for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Neil for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user dunk for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Alex for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Mikel for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user 2472567@mail.ru for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe (Variant: 205149)

    This executable is the Console Window Host for MS Windows - this host application enables the non-GUI aplications to write and receive inputs on console mode. Very descriptive article can be found on MS Technet pages : http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/10/05/windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-console-host.aspx - "Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host" article

  • THREATrating from user MikeOne for file %APPDATA%\Microsoft\conhost.exe (Variant: 1775206)

    In normal case, this executable should be the Console Window Host for MS Windows - this host application enables the non-GUI aplications to write and receive inputs on console mode. Very descriptive article can be found on MS Technet pages : http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/10/05/windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-console-host.aspx - "Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host" article. In this case the file is located in different directory and is infected by a virus : Backdoor.Cycbot

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe (Variant: 12424951)

    This executable is the Console Window Host for MS Windows - this host application enables the non-GUI aplications to write and receive inputs on console mode. Very descriptive article can be found on MS Technet pages : http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/10/05/windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-console-host.aspx - "Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host" article

  • SAFErating from user rots for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user CS76 for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Zero Xion for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe (Variant: 1367997)

    Console border window handle, full safe

  • SAFErating from user UPieper for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user houteng for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user craigun for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe (Variant: 183913)

    Console Windows Host, more info should be found on Microsoft pages. Sage, virus free

  • SAFErating from user hamunaptra35 for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Admin for file C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe