What is conhost.exe?

conhost.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\Microsoft\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

39 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the conhost.exe file. That's a 85% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	Trojan.Kryptik.Gen.10
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Agent
AntiVir	TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Avast	Win32:Cybota [Trj]
AVG	Agent.5.BR
BitDefender	Gen:Trojan.Heur.KS.1
CAT-QuickHeal	Backdoor.Cycbot.B
Commtouch	W32/Goolbot.E.gen!Eldorado
Comodo	Backdoor.Win32.Gbot.bs
DrWeb	Trojan.Packed.21411
Emsisoft	Gen:Trojan.Heur.KS.1 (B)
eSafe	Win32.TRCrypt.XPACK
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.JMV
F-Prot	W32/Goolbot.E.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Gen:Trojan.Heur.KS.1
Fortinet	W32/FraudLoad.MK!tr
GData	Gen:Trojan.Heur.KS.1
Ikarus	Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot
Jiangmin	Backdoor/Gbot.iw
K7AntiVirus	Backdoor
Kaspersky	Backdoor.Win32.Gbot.in
Malwarebytes	Spyware.Passwords.XGen
McAfee	BackDoor-EXI.gen.h
McAfee-GW-Edition	BackDoor-EXI.gen.h
Microsoft	Backdoor:Win32/Cycbot.G
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Gbot.bzhfk
Norman	W32/Cycbot.AU
Panda	Trj/Cycbot.gen
PCTools	Backdoor.Cycbot
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.126CB8A0
Sophos	Troj/Agent-QAG
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Backdoor
Symantec	Backdoor.Cycbot!gen2
TheHacker	Trojan/Kryptik.jmv
TotalDefense	Win32/Gbot.A!generic
TrendMicro	BKDR_CYCBOT.SMIB
TrendMicro-HouseCall	BKDR_CYCBOT.SMIB
VBA32	Backdoor.Gbot.in
VIPRE	VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.da!d (v)

conhost.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\Microsoft\conhost.exe

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

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

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