What is svchost.exe:ext.exe?

svchost.exe:ext.exe is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

41 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the svchost.exe:ext.exe file. That's a 89% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	Trojan.Agent!h8mJ+Pt6kUw
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Agent
AntiVir	TR/Gendal.KD.5478
Avast	Win32:SwPatch [Wrm]
AVG	Cryptic.FP
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.KD.5478
ClamAV	Trojan.Agent-164863
Commtouch	W32/Risk.VWXL-6392
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.XPACK.Gen
DrWeb	Trojan.Inject.8402
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.KD.5478 (B)
eSafe	Win32.Kryptik.Dnd
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.DND
F-Prot	W32/MalwareF.ABRZ
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.KD.5478
Fortinet	W32/Kryptik.DR!tr
GData	Trojan.Generic.KD.5478
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Agent
Jiangmin	Trojan/Agent.dsba
K7AntiVirus	Riskware
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Agent.droc
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Adware.x.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Dropper
McAfee	W32/Ozdok.gen.a
McAfee-GW-Edition	W32/Ozdok.gen.a
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Pugeju.gen!A
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.KD.5478
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Agent.betiy
Norman	Oficla.EO
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.KD.5478
Panda	Trj/CI.A
PCTools	Trojan.Generic
Rising	Suspicious
Sophos	Mal/EncPk-PM
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-FraudLoad
Symantec	Trojan Horse
TotalDefense	Win32/Fraud.C!packed
TrendMicro	TROJ_SMALLTR.XS
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R4FH1KN
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Waledac
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

svchost.exe:ext.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe:ext.exe

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

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

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