servicehost.exe is part of McAfee WebAdvisor and developed by McAfee, LLC according to the servicehost.exe version information.
servicehost.exe's description is "McAfee WebAdvisor"
servicehost.exe is digitally signed by McAfee, LLC.
servicehost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\mcafee\webadvisor\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected servicehost.exe.
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The following is the available information on servicehost.exe:
Property | Value |
---|---|
Product name | McAfee WebAdvisor |
Company name | McAfee, LLC |
File description | McAfee WebAdvisor |
Internal name | ServiceHost Module |
Original filename | ServiceHost.exe |
Legal copyright | Copyright © 2020 McAfee, LLC |
Product version | 4,1,1,0 |
File version | 4,1,1,84 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
Product name | McAfee WebAdvisor |
Company name | McAfee, LLC |
File description | McAfee WebAdvisor |
Internal name | ServiceHost Module |
Original filename | ServiceHost.exe |
Legal copyright | Copyright © 2020 McAfee, LLC |
Product version | 4,1,1,0 |
File version | 4,1,1,84 |
servicehost.exe has a valid digital signature.
Property | Value |
---|---|
Signer name | McAfee, LLC |
Certificate issuer name | GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G3 |
Certificate serial number | 30aa59dd718cfbde163ab821 |
2 of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the servicehost.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.
The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.
Successfully executed process in sandbox.
{ "file_created": [ "C:\\ProgramData\\McAfee\\WebAdvisor\\516785b26b1a5e7d4a1905558f111d4aeba12bc6ffebe873ba38546c8b75066f.bin\\log_000200460031001F.txt" ], "directory_created": [ "C:\\ProgramData\\McAfee", "C:\\ProgramData\\McAfee\\WebAdvisor", "C:\\ProgramData\\McAfee\\WebAdvisor\\516785b26b1a5e7d4a1905558f111d4aeba12bc6ffebe873ba38546c8b75066f.bin" ], "dll_loaded": [ "kernel32", "API-MS-Win-Security-LSALookup-L1-1-0.dll", "WINSTA.dll", "WTSAPI32.dll", "RPCRT4.dll", "ADVAPI32.dll", "rpcrt4.dll" ], "regkey_opened": [ "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\WebAdvisor" ], "file_written": [ "C:\\ProgramData\\McAfee\\WebAdvisor\\516785b26b1a5e7d4a1905558f111d4aeba12bc6ffebe873ba38546c8b75066f.bin\\log_000200460031001F.txt" ], "regkey_read": [ "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize", "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress", "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable", "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress", "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName" ] }
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The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.
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The instructions below shows how to remove servicehost.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the servicehost.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that servicehost.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
servicehost.exe (5 votes)
Property | Value |
---|---|
MD5 | 0e0e4bc473150690dbf502288f006740 |
SHA256 | 516785b26b1a5e7d4a1905558f111d4aeba12bc6ffebe873ba38546c8b75066f |
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to servicehost.exe:
servicehost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
servicehost.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.
McAfee WebAdvisor has stopped working.
End Program - servicehost.exe. This program is not responding.
servicehost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
servicehost.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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