What is the "svchost.exe" ? Variant 10115369

Our database contains 5599 different files for filename svchost.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the svchost.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name svchost.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Host Process for Windows Services. 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 svchost.exe.

svchost.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Host Process for Windows Services
Version:
6.2.8400.0
MD5:
92b919655ba013e8687e2ae873ba56ed
SHA1:
0422cc8d59c1cde639cf5a3e2212a7c72ee08d54
SHA256:
f0fcf7e8e1149a5c6e41ffa58ce820638c4228e662687b9b320fcf91153afdd5
Size:
31232
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 8
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
360 Total Security2016-08-28 23:44:17
Windows Defender2016-05-07 04:18:48
Avira Antivirus2015-05-23 03:27:23
avast! Antivirus2015-04-15 10:13:48
Avira Desktop2014-08-07 13:42:52
AVG Internet Security 20122014-07-16 20:18:14
ESET Smart Security 6.02013-08-22 17:15:19
AVG Internet Security 20132013-07-30 17:54:24
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20132013-06-24 15:07:44
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate2013-03-10 17:22:34
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "svchost.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 "svchost.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.

50% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
25% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Threat
42% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
58% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "svchost.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 10115369)

    This file ia s core part of Windows system : The file svchost.exe is the Generic Host Process. For 64-bt versions, the file is moved to the SysWOW64 directory. "In the Windows NT family of operating systems, svchost.exe (Service Host, or SvcHost) is a system process which hosts multiple Windows services" - see more on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svchost.exe