What is Application Hosting.exe?
Application Hosting.exe is part of Application Hosting according to the Application Hosting.exe version information.
Application Hosting.exe's description is "Application Hosting"
Application Hosting.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\Application Hosting\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Application Hosting.exe.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on Application Hosting.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Application Hosting |
| File description | Application Hosting |
| Internal name | Application Hosting.exe |
| Original filename | Application Hosting.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 2015 |
| Product version | 1.0.0.0 |
| File version | 1.0.0.0 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Application Hosting |
| File description | Application Hosting |
| Internal name | Application Hosting.exe |
| Original filename | Application Hosting.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 2015 |
| Product version | 1.0.0.0 |
| File version | 1.0.0.0 |
Digital signatures [?]
Application Hosting.exe is not signed.
VirusTotal report
4 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Application Hosting.exe file. That's a 7% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric |
| Avira | TR/Agent.70656.222 |
| Kaspersky | HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen |
Application Hosting.exe removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove Application Hosting.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Application Hosting.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Application Hosting.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate Application Hosting.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Application Hosting.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate Application Hosting.exe in the scan result.
C:\ProgramData\Application Hosting\Application Hosting.exe 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Application Hosting.exe file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Application Hosting.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Application Hosting.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If Application Hosting.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Application Hosting.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 8e2b86e774f961b899226e4a0d9b62d9 |
| SHA256 | b8984fdb66002be7c6f5d4b2aa340fc440461629137f9366e0c539d9cc8b1ef7 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to application hosting.exe:
application hosting.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
application hosting.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
Application Hosting has stopped working.
End Program - application hosting.exe. This program is not responding.
application hosting.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
application hosting.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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