What is svhost.exe?

svhost.exe is part of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. and developed by Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. according to the svhost.exe version information.

svhost.exe's description is "Microcoft Help"

svhost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

47 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the svhost.exe file. That's a 71% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Generic.Application.BM.Sorpaz.81470E11
AegisLab	Troj.Ransom.W32.Blocker!c
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.AGeneric
Arcabit	Generic.Application.BM.Sorpaz.81470E11
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/CoinMiner.gblqe
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9887
BitDefender	Generic.Application.BM.Sorpaz.81470E11
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Blocker
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cyren	W32/Threat-SysVenFak-based!Maxi
DrWeb	Trojan.DnsChange.7876
Emsisoft	Generic.Application.BM.Sorpaz.81470E11 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/CoinMiner.ZK
F-Prot	W32/Threat-SysVenFak-based!Maxi
F-Secure	Generic.Application.BM.Sorpaz.81470E11
Fortinet	W32/Blocker.KQOP!tr
GData	Win32.Trojan.Coinminer.I
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.CoinMiner
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004dc43f1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004dc43f1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Blocker.kqop
Malwarebytes	RiskWare.BitCoinMiner
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	GenericRXEG-SP!2DF600738934
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.vh
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Tiggre!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Generic.Application.BM.Sorpaz.81470E11
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Blocker.exssti
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Ransom.e42
Rising	Ransom.Blocker!8.12A (TFE:5:ohhR6TNwzbL)
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Blocker.Hwne
TrendMicro	TSPY_GOLSTER.SM1
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TSPY_GOLSTER.SM1
VBA32	Trojan.Reconyc
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.Blocker!B+gn8xTnIUU
Zillya	Trojan.Blocker.Win32.35099
ZoneAlarm	Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Blocker.kqop

svhost.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\svhost.exe

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

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

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