What is runhosts.exe?

runhosts.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\server\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

37 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the runhosts.exe file. That's a 54% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Jacard.72042
AegisLab	Gen.Variant.Jacard!c
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Jacard.72042
Arcabit	Trojan.Jacard.D1196A
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/Agent.gufvx
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Jacard.72042
CAT-QuickHeal	Genvariant.Jacard
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.1b8fb7
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Jacard.72042 (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/CoinMiner.ASK
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Jacard.72042
Fortinet	Generik.FFLOLSD!tr
GData	Gen:Variant.Jacard.72042
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0051aaa61 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0051aaa61 )
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	Artemis!C219A5631198
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.vh
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Jacard.72042
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Jacard.euppwn
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.175
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Jacard.Sunh
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OK217
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OK217
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen

runhosts.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\server\runhosts.exe

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

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

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