What is svchost.exe?

svchost.exe is part of Bitcoin Miner and developed by Ufasoft according to the svchost.exe version information.

svchost.exe's description is "bitcoin-miner"

svchost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\docume~1\%USERNAME%\locals~1\temp\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

41 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the svchost.exe file. That's a 87% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	RiskTool.BitCoinMiner!P8pqGBYev9I
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.BitMiner
AntiVir	TR/Drop.Agent.aeni
Avast	Win32:BitCoinMiner-DH [Trj]
AVG	BackDoor.Generic15.BPGV
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.BitCoinMiner.AsFc
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.8199325
Bkav	W32.ZabatoeD.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Agent.WD.cw4
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Bitcoinminer-3
Commtouch	W32/BitCoinMiner.GREB-1238
Comodo	Application.Win32.CoinMiner.A
DrWeb	Tool.BtcMine.8
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.8199325 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/BitCoinMiner
F-Prot	W32/BitCoinMiner.A
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.8199325
Fortinet	Riskware/BitCoinMiner
GData	Trojan.Generic.8199325
Ikarus	Win32.SuspectCrc
Jiangmin	Trojan/Miner.o
K7AntiVirus	Adware
K7GW	Adware
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.bx
Kingsoft	Win32.Hack.BitCoinMiner.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	PUP.BitMiner
McAfee	Generic.grp!bh
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic.grp!bh
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.8199325
Norman	BitCoinMiner.J
Panda	HackTool/BitCoinMiner.A
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.12A209F2
Sophos	Bitcoin Miner
SUPERAntiSpyware	Riskware.BitcoinMiner
Symantec	Trojan.Coinbitminer
TotalDefense	Win32/BitCoinMiner.I
TrendMicro	TROJ_SPNR.11HI12
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SPNR.11HI12
VBA32	Riskware.BitCoinMiner.01547
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Agent.1012224

svchost.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\docume~1\%USERNAME%\locals~1\temp\svchost.exe

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

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

Filename variants

svchost.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• webdhafee.exe

Folder name variants

svchost.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\docume~1\%USERNAME%\locals~1\temp\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Components\1223\

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