What is host12.exe?

host12.exe is part of BItpAY and developed by BaHCo according to the host12.exe version information.

host12.exe's description is "IcQ "

host12.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected host12.exe.

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VirusTotal report

52 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the host12.exe file. That's a 76% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Midie.47729
AegisLab	Gen.Variant.Ursu!c
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Injector.R231145
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Midie.47729
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit	Trojan.Midie.DBA71
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
AVware	Win32.Malware!Drop
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Midie.47729
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Fuerboos
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Agent-6599094-0
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.WZWV-4760
DrWeb	BackDoor.Siggen2.2488
Emsisoft	Trojan.Injector (A)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Injector.DZAR
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Midie.47729
Fortinet	W32/Malicious_Behavior.VEX
GData	Gen:Variant.Midie.47729
Ikarus	Trojan.VB.Inject
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	Trojan.PSW.Fareit.tve
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005367df1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 005367df1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Fareit.eeem
Malwarebytes	Spyware.PasswordStealer
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	Fareit-FLC!28B7684C8DAD
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PWSSpyeye.jh
Microsoft	PWS:Win32/Fareit
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Midie.47729
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Fareit.ffaccp
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.2cf
Rising	Backdoor.Androm!8.113 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Downloader.Ponik
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
TrendMicro	TSPY_FAREIT.THGABAH
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TSPY_FAREIT.THGABAH
VBA32	Trojan.Fuerboos
VIPRE	Win32.Malware!Drop
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Ursu.630784.V
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.PWS.Fareit!oHiwXrVmBTo
ZoneAlarm	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Fareit.eeem

host12.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove host12.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the host12.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that host12.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 host12.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the host12.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 host12.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\host12.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the host12.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If host12.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If host12.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If host12.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 host12.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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