What is the "dllhost.exe" ?

Our database contains 1107 different files for filename dllhost.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dllhost.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 COM Surrogate. Agregate rating is 4(4) stars - based on 28 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dllhost.exe.

dllhost.exe is in most cases integral Windows component also known as the Microsoft DCOM DLL Host Process. The dllhost.exe is executed during system startup and manages activities of Dynamic Linking Libraries (DLLs).

dllhost.exe Process

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

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
COM Surrogate
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:
a8edb86fc2a4d6d1285e4c70384ac35a
SHA1:
e977b87698c3e595d55827665e22fbf788dd3f9f
SHA256:
61b8955ce0a2aa9d0719920b30216717b349b6fbe11c697c31cfa84f859cc1ae
Size:
9728
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

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

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58% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
25% of reviewed files are marked as Threat .
33% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Latest new variant of the file with name "dllhost.exe" was discovered 4297 days ago. Our database contains 94 variants of the file "dllhost.exe" with final rating Safe and 6 variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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Filename "dllhost.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

User Reviews of the "dllhost.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "dllhost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020 for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe (Variant: 43353412)

    Windows intern

  • SAFErating from user gaspe for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe (Variant: 3315260)

    Content safe good sign

  • THREATrating from user gasReport for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe (Variant: 37099293)

    Have to kill dllhost.exe because Memory is growing up to end of Memory and crash my system

  • SAFErating from user mfc14 for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user richard for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe

  • THREATrating from user roggidoggi for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe (Variant: 33320857)

    Endlessly running blocking completely my machine

  • SAFErating from user a for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Alex for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exeflag ru

  • SAFErating from user Patch for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dllhost.exe

  • THREATrating from user Bad for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe (Variant: 3315260)

    Have to kill dllhost.exe because Memory is growing up to end of Memory and crash my system

  • SAFErating from user RebelWIL for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe (Variant: 502042)

    File started running during an idle time and took all of the 32GB of RAM and the entire PAGE file before machine froze. Not sure what is going on with the file.

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

  • SAFErating from user Karllo68 for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user S for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dllhost.exe

  • THREATrating from user sasa for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exeflag ru

  • THREATrating from user MikeOne for file %DESKTOP%\kraken\dllhost.exe (Variant: 19597405)

    Win32:Spyware-gen virus

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe (Variant: 19703541)

    The dllhost.exe process is amongst the integral components of MS Windows OS versions. Also known as the Microsoft DCOM DLL Host Process, the dllhost.exe application is an OS-initialized file. This means the dllhost.exe process is executed by the MS Windows OS to run during boot time. The dllhost.exe process is important for the stability and functionality of MS Windows-based machines since it monitors DLL-based activities in the background. Thus, the dllhost.exe file manages the applications installed on the MS Windows-based machine with regards to its DLL-based activities. With this, the dllhost.exe file should not be altered, removed, or renamed in any way. In addition, the dllhost.exe process should not be terminated through the Windows Task Manager since doing so will affect the functionality of the applications running on the MS Windows-based machine, which frequently results to system crashes, data corruption, and registry damage among others. Source: http://www.tech-faq.com/dllhost.exe.shtml

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

  • SAFErating from user sodl for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exeflag ru

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\DllHost.exe (Variant: 10115843)

    Eaxactly as TheDutchJewel was stating : The dllhost.exe process is amongst the integral components of MS Windows OS versions. Also known as the Microsoft DCOM DLL Host Process, the dllhost.exe application is an OS-initialized file. This means the dllhost.exe process is executed by the MS Windows OS to run during boot time. Source: http://www.tech-faq.com/dllhost.exe.shtml

  • SAFErating from user icke for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe

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

  • SAFErating from user Budi for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Moraxv for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user SadasPoeta for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user Don't PlaY for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dllhost.exe

  • SAFErating from user TheDutchJewel for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe (Variant: 149)

    The dllhost.exe process is amongst the integral components of MS Windows OS versions. Also known as the Microsoft DCOM DLL Host Process, the dllhost.exe application is an OS-initialized file. This means the dllhost.exe process is executed by the MS Windows OS to run during boot time. The dllhost.exe process is important for the stability and functionality of MS Windows-based machines since it monitors DLL-based activities in the background. Thus, the dllhost.exe file manages the applications installed on the MS Windows-based machine with regards to its DLL-based activities. With this, the dllhost.exe file should not be altered, removed, or renamed in any way. In addition, the dllhost.exe process should not be terminated through the Windows Task Manager since doing so will affect the functionality of the applications running on the MS Windows-based machine, which frequently results to system crashes, data corruption, and registry damage among others. Source: http://www.tech-faq.com/dllhost.exe.shtml