What is hostsv.exe?

hostsv.exe is usually located in the 'c:\RECYCLER\R-1-5-21-1482476501-1644491937-682003330-1013\' folder.

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

36 of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hostsv.exe file. That's a 86% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Backdoor.SDBot.DGIA
Agnitum	Worm.SdBot!+LfSSB+L3FM
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/Agent.20480.BQO
AntiVir	TR/Kazy.OO.1
Avast	Win32:Kryptik-JSS [Trj]
AVG	Generic29.ADTY
Baidu-International	Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.AFDi
BitDefender	Backdoor.SDBot.DGIA
Bkav	W32.FarikenO.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal	Worm.Dorkbot.A
Commtouch	W32/Hamweq.BLCP-7794
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Kryptik.ANDF
Emsisoft	Backdoor.SDBot.DGIA (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/AutoRun.KS
F-Prot
F-Secure	Backdoor.SDBot.DGIA
Fortinet	W32/Kryptik.AGF!tr
GData	Backdoor.SDBot.DGIA
Ikarus	Backdoor.Win32.SdBot
Jiangmin	Trojan/Jorik.gcyk
K7GW	Trojan ( 003d61e81 )
Kaspersky	Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.zgv
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Agent
McAfee	W32/Hamweq.worm
Microsoft	Worm:Win32/Hamweq.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Backdoor.SDBot.DGIA
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Gen.ccmw
Panda	Generic Malware
Sophos	Mal/EncPk-AGF
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TheHacker	Trojan/Vilsel.avla
TotalDefense	Win32/Tnega.AOHL
TrendMicro	WORM_HAMWEQ.FE
VIPRE	Worm.Win32.Hamweq
ViRobot	Backdoor.Win32.A.IRCBot.20480.I

hostsv.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\RECYCLER\R-1-5-21-1482476501-1644491937-682003330-1013\hostsv.exe

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

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with hostsv.exe. 86% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 7 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with hostsv.exe. Only 7 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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