What is svchost.exe   ?

svchost.exe    is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

33 of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the svchost.exe    file. That's a 73% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	Trojan.Buzus!So6/TFrZAiM
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Seint
AntiVir	TR/Buzus.gtal
Avast	Win32:Downloader-LTL [Trj]
AVG	Generic20.CGDL
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.6521046
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.6521046 (B)
eSafe	Win32.TRBuzus.Gtal
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Delf.PTR
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.6521046
Fortinet	W32/Buzus.GTAL!tr
GData	Trojan.Generic.6521046
Ikarus	Trojan.ATRAPS
Jiangmin	Trojan/Buzus.udu
K7AntiVirus	Riskware
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Buzus.gtal
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Buzus.gs.(kcloud)
McAfee	Artemis!D9C12AE4FB59
Microsoft	VirTool:Win32/DelfInject
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.6521046
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Buzus.devpt
Norman	W32/Suspicious_Gen2.JXQAW
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.6521046
Panda	Trj/Buzus.XOT
PCTools	Trojan.ADH
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.1275B2F0
Symantec	Trojan.ADH
TrendMicro	TROJ_AGENT.KILM
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_AGENT.KILM
VBA32	Trojan.Buzus.gszt
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.A.Buzus.727299

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\system32\config\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.

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