What is the "dllhost.exe" ? Variant 610895

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. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dllhost.exe.

dllhost.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
COM Surrogate
Version:
5.1.2600.5512
MD5:
bef39193eed653840bbdda309ca26e97
SHA1:
966e4b19d1276952a333923ba8095c47124cd2d7
SHA256:
bfbf4e18114acc74949dd9d910e5ccf9d590fe0f5386e49838c91b8ba10bf5aa
Size:
5120
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Medium oc1

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Norton 3602016-01-18 11:42:01
Avira Desktop2016-01-04 10:04:23
avast! Antivirus2015-10-20 16:54:47
Kaspersky PURE 3.02015-07-17 08:24:22
COMODO Antivirus2015-04-07 18:57:44
McAfee VirusScan2015-02-14 13:05:08
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20142014-08-08 18:40:05
Kaspersky Small Office Security2014-04-28 11:14:05
Norton Internet Security2014-04-05 06:57:05
avast! Internet Security2014-02-25 20:11:43
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

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

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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.

33% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
33% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat
86% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
14% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "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