What is svchosty.exe?

svchosty.exe is usually located in the 'C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\' folder.

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

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

32 of the 40 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the svchosty.exe file. That's a 80% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
a-squared	Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Klik!IK
AntiVir	TR/Clicker.bprf
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Delf.gen
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Avast5	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Clicker.AIAQ
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.3620746
CAT-QuickHeal	(Suspicious) - DNAScan
DrWeb	Trojan.Click.57104
eSafe	Win32.FraudPack.Fam
eTrust-Vet	Win32/Katusha.B!packed
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.3620746
Fortinet	W32/FraudPack.fam!tr
GData	Trojan.Generic.3620746
Ikarus	Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Klik
Jiangmin	TrojanClicker.Klik.h
Kaspersky	Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Delf.dmb
McAfee	FakeAlert-MY.gen
McAfee-GW-Edition	Trojan.Clicker.bprf
Microsoft	TrojanClicker:Win32/Klik
NOD32	Win32/TrojanClicker.Delf.NIU
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.3620746
Panda	Generic Trojan
PCTools	HeurEngine.Lop
Prevx	High Risk Cloaked Malware
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.51FE8649
Sophos	Mal/FakeAV-BT
Sunbelt	VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.hg!a (v)
Symantec	Suspicious.Lop
TheHacker	Trojan/Kryptik.dpq
TrendMicro	TROJ_KRAP.SMEP
VBA32	OScope.Trojan.0216

svchosty.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\svchosty.exe

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

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

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