What is svchost.exe?

svchost.exe is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

34 of the 63 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the svchost.exe file. That's a 54% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Zusy.247495
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Zusy.247495
Arcabit	Trojan.Zusy.D3C6C7
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Avira	ADWARE/RuKoma.cduce
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9999
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Zusy.247495
Comodo	Application.Win32.RuKoma.D
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.TTUI-7615
DrWeb	Trojan.LoadMoney.2512
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Zusy.247495 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.RuKoma.F
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Zusy.247495
Fortinet	Riskware/RuKoma
GData	Gen:Variant.Zusy.247495
Ikarus	PUA.RuKoma
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	AdWare.RuKoma.c
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
MAX	malware (ai score=87)
McAfee	Artemis!A393B118BD88
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Zusy.247495
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.97a
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Generic PUA GB (PUA)
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic

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:\WINDOWS\Microsoft\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:

• svchost.exe.update.exe

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