What is the "conhost.exe" ? Variant 1775206

Our database contains 732 different files for filename conhost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the conhost.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name conhost.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 conhost.exe.

conhost.exe Process
Product:
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Description:
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MD5:
2882d6fae455488d152037e174c3e5e2
SHA1:
172cd6a23baa7a3818ffb8637df38ac2d5150229
SHA256:
bb778a186f8e456085804a094f8fb9c6727e005b84414f720194afb597233edf
Size:
179712
Directory:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Low oc0

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

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User Reviews of the "conhost.exe"

  • THREATrating from user MikeOne (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