What is isshost.exe?

isshost.exe is part of WindowsApp and developed by WindowsApp according to the isshost.exe version information.

isshost.exe's description is "WindowsApp"

isshost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\fab37cf4-7e9c-4397-9cbc-f74fd3a6720f\iss host\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameWindowsApp
Company nameWindowsApp
File descriptionWindowsApp
Internal nameWindowsApp.exe
Original filenameWindowsApp.exe
CommentsWindowsApp
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2016
Product version2.4.0.0
File version2.4.0.0

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

Product nameWindowsApp
Company nameWindowsApp
File descriptionWindowsApp
Internal nameWindowsApp.exe
Original filenameWindowsApp.exe
CommentsWindowsApp
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2016
Product version2.4.0.0
File version2.4.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

isshost.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

47 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the isshost.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Zusy.202064
AegisLab Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
ALYac Gen:Variant.Zusy.202064
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.AGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Zusy.D31550
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1008081
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9999
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Zusy.202064
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Skeeyah.FC.1855
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_90% (D)
Cybereason malicious.cbbd1d
Cylance Unsafe
DrWeb Trojan.Nanocore.23
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Zusy.202064 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.GOL
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Zusy.202064
Fortinet MSIL/Kryptik.GOL!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Zusy.202064
Ikarus Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin Trojan.Blocker.eew
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 700000121 )
K7GW Trojan ( 700000121 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic
MAX malware (ai score=89)
McAfee GenericRXAC-KE!519377FCBBD1
McAfee-GW-Edition GenericRXAC-KE!519377FCBBD1
Microsoft Backdoor:MSIL/Noancooe.C
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Zusy.202064
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Nanocore.eejzyu
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Generic Malware
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.97a
Rising Backdoor.Generic!8.CE (CLOUD)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Tencent Win32.Backdoor.Generic.Sunr
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot W32.Malware.gen
Yandex Trojan.Agent!FtFh86zxyes
Zillya Trojan.Kryptik.Win32.1188199
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic
47 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the isshost.exe file.

isshost.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove isshost.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the isshost.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that isshost.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 isshost.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the isshost.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 isshost.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\ro..7e9c-4397-9cbc-f74fd3a6720f\iss host\isshost.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the isshost.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If isshost.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If isshost.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If isshost.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 isshost.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
MD5519377fcbbd1d3b0427c977caebe3f11
SHA2563c4bd8186fc567d8f2d0b915663e0f45caa4e848157fb8f149e43cb1111029c6

Error Messages

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

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

isshost.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.

WindowsApp has stopped working.

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

isshost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with isshost.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with isshost.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with isshost.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
3

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with isshost.exe. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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