What is winhost.exe?

winhost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\flysvr\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected winhost.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.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on winhost.exe:

PropertyValue
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019
Product version5.2.2.1
File version5.2.2.1

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019
Product version5.2.2.1
File version5.2.2.1

Digital signatures [?]

winhost.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

7 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winhost.exe file. That's a 10% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
APEX Malicious
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34700.lw0@aigC0ogi
Bkav W32.AIDetectVM.malware1
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.vh
Rising Adware.FlySvr!1.CE21 (CLASSIC)
Webroot W32.Trojan.Gen
7 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the winhost.exe file.

winhost.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove winhost.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the winhost.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that winhost.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate winhost.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the winhost.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 winhost.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\flysvr\winhost.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the winhost.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If winhost.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If winhost.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If winhost.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 winhost.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e23bed524641278f787d9c24cb28384b
SHA256d4d0d2e0e2c5647ef7523077005659cfb5dadde62060938e0b12216796e283f0

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to winhost.exe:

winhost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

winhost.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

winhost.exe has stopped working.

End Program - winhost.exe. This program is not responding.

winhost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

winhost.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with winhost.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with winhost.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with winhost.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with winhost.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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