What is nethost.exe?

nethost.exe is part of Nethost according to the nethost.exe version information.

nethost.exe's description is "Nethost"

nethost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\systemdir\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected nethost.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.

VirusTotal report

28 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the nethost.exe file. That's a 49% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.2693168
Agnitum	Riskware.Agent!
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.2693168
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D291830
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	BundleApp.KNY
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	PUA.Win32.RuKometa.F
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.2693168
Cyren	W32/Trojan.FWRM-2082
DrWeb	Trojan.LoadMoney.938
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.2693168 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/RuKometa.F potentially unwanted
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.2693168
Fortinet	Riskware/RuKometa
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.2693168
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004b93cd1 )
K7GW	Adware ( 004b93cd1 )
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.LoadMoney
McAfee	Artemis!448ED35DAB92
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.th
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.2693168
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.LoadMoney.dvxxsx
nProtect	Trojan.GenericKD.2693168
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0OI515
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	Trojan.RuKometa.Win32.21

nethost.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove nethost.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the nethost.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that nethost.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate nethost.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the nethost.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 nethost.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\systemdir\nethost.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the nethost.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If nethost.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If nethost.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If nethost.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that nethost.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Filename variants

nethost.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• eMRrE0Cq1X8e.exe

Folder name variants

nethost.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\systemdir\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\

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