What is asmhost.exe?

asmhost.exe is part of HAVAsoFT and developed by IPOre hiFTwaRE CsE according to the asmhost.exe version information.

asmhost.exe's description is "CSTOnSOFt ltb."

asmhost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected asmhost.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 asmhost.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameHAVAsoFT
Company nameIPOre hiFTwaRE CsE
File descriptionCSTOnSOFt ltb.
Internal nameIdaca2
Original filenameIdaca2.exe
Legal copyrightBASTpASS
Legal trademarkEMSIsOFT ambA
Product version8.02
File version8.02

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameHAVAsoFT
Company nameIPOre hiFTwaRE CsE
File descriptionCSTOnSOFt ltb.
Internal nameIdaca2
Original filenameIdaca2.exe
Legal copyrightBASTpASS
Legal trademarkEMSIsOFT ambA
Product version8.02
File version8.02

Digital signatures [?]

asmhost.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

45 of the 63 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the asmhost.exe file. That's a 71% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.40207841
AegisLab Troj.Generickd!c
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/VBKrypt.RP02
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.40207841
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D26585E1
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira TR/Dropper.VB.jwrit
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9999
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.40207841
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.VBKryjetor
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Fareit.DJ.gen!Eldorado
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_97%
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.40207841 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Injector.DUYN
F-Prot W32/Fareit.DJ.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.40207841
Fortinet W32/GenKryptik.BLMX!tr
GData Win32.Trojan.Injector.NC
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 005234c71 )
K7GW Trojan ( 005234c71 )
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.VBKryjetor.btn
Malwarebytes Spyware.Pony
MAX malware (ai score=98)
McAfee Fareit-FKI!C85CB4C563FC
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Fareit.gz
Microsoft VirTool:Win32/VBInject
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.40207841
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Mlw.ewvwyx
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/FareitVB-M
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Vbkryjetor.Syhw
TrendMicro-HouseCall TSPY_HPFAREIT.SM3
VBA32 Trojan.VBKryjetor
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ZoneAlarm Trojan.Win32.VBKryjetor.btn
45 of the 63 anti-virus programs detected the asmhost.exe file.

asmhost.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove asmhost.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the asmhost.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that asmhost.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate asmhost.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the asmhost.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 asmhost.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\asmhost.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the asmhost.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If asmhost.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If asmhost.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If asmhost.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 asmhost.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c85cb4c563fc4b96b7f1a79c7a7e5648
SHA25677f01ed86ee9076732fe69106c9cb79850f40d9c01e921dc55c9b260f329b3b6

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to asmhost.exe:

asmhost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

asmhost.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.

CSTOnSOFt ltb. has stopped working.

End Program - asmhost.exe. This program is not responding.

asmhost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

asmhost.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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