What is the "dllhost.exe" ? Variant 597981

Our database contains 1107 different files for filename dllhost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dllhost.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dllhost.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description COM Surrogate. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dllhost.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: COM Surrogate
Version:: 5.1.2600.2180
MD5:: d66259c3bcefc9caeb481ed52a4eac74
SHA1:: fae81b118abc7a633c40e50a6a9e6436ab09390e
SHA256:: d1121d24ad2c21c9273be0fad3041cae5536d8e5a5978d1e6e4b22745c2ba357
Size:: 5120
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Medium

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
avast! Antivirus	2015-10-22 03:35:13
Panda Free Antivirus	2014-10-25 20:26:30
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2014	2014-08-01 12:13:59
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2013	2013-09-24 12:22:04
COMODO Antivirus	2013-07-24 15:59:02
avast! Internet Security	2013-05-12 21:32:51
AntiVir Desktop	2013-01-13 02:03:46
Pack S	2013-01-12 18:45:20

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

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Reviews of all dllhost.exe variants

Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\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.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
THREATrating from user sasa for file C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe
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.exe