What is the "svchost.exe" ? Variant 23

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 4 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:
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)
MD5:
3794b461c45882e06856f282eef025af
SHA1:
bf15549a7ec01ac505ccac036aba5b9bae688135
SHA256:
d4f79d7bc639fe86ac68961e6273836b9d7af491773fd054395b33d317017beb
Size:
21504
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows Vista
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-07 21:31:12
Kaspersky Total Security2016-09-07 18:21:12
Avira Antivirus2016-09-07 16:01:06
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-09-07 14:22:25
Norton AntiVirus Online2016-09-07 09:11:23
avast! Antivirus2016-09-06 20:34:12
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-09-06 20:29:50
McAfee VirusScan2016-09-06 17:41:00
Avast Antivirus2016-09-06 15:17:13
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 .
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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 Jurij for file C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe

  • SAFErating from user 29732B for file C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (Variant: 502181)

    Depends on the MD5 - otherwise, it is safe, if not very annoying and memory-hogging.

  • SAFErating from user 808 for file C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (Variant: 180478)

    Part of Vista version 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)

  • SAFErating from user Admin (Variant: 23)

    Svchost.exe is system process for hosting dynamically linked services.