What is the "svchost.exe" ? Variant 14539960

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:
6.2.9200.16420
MD5:
a46dc432f81473f526e3994aa483e366
SHA1:
952b68cbf2654a6208ef277d4300656a18592889
SHA256:
c5f40d23a4866e16473a225d8ee07235c2eb90a0481b314d1a288e6222bbdf74
Size:
23040
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
Avira Antivirus2016-09-05 16:27:39
Windows Defender2016-09-05 01:47:46
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.386.12016-09-04 19:57:07
Kaspersky Internet Security2016-09-04 17:50:50
360 Total Security2016-09-03 22:33:49
Avast Antivirus2016-08-31 14:41:29
Kingsoft Antivirus System Defense2016-08-31 13:12:16
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Antimalware2016-08-30 04:25:05
avast! Antivirus2016-08-29 14:22:30
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: 14539960)

    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