| Rating | Opinion | From |
 | Windows DCOM DLL Host Process
| Alex
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 | memmory virus at this level what to do
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 | ASP development
link for more info
| Bhagawan das
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 | on web server 8 instances loaded using more then 200mb of memory caused server to run very slow and drop connections
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| Consumes CPU resources to almost 100% but seems to do nothing. Must kill the process to get the server to respond properly again. The process re-spawns almost immediately.
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| Dot Net Framework
| Anonymous
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| Matthias
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| During the installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1, ZoneAlarm firewall alerted me that dllhost.exe was trying to connect to the internet and it is a known malicious program. AVG6 scan found nothing.
| Andy
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| legitimite part of windows update, if located in c:\windows\system32. But in c:\windows\system32\wins it can signal a worm.
| sprite
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| Also asked me during .NET Framework 1.1 installation
| Eric
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| This file is loaded in the windows\system32 directory and is for the .net framework. However when located inthe windows\system 32\wins directory it is a virus.
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| intalls with service pack 2
| -=ΞΩΔΡΞ=-™
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 | Its a known malicious file. It calls upon other variants it can automatically download from the internet, to rummage more intently through your files for passwords, credit card numbers, and who knows what else. It can automatically call upon variants from the internet if they are needed. After doing this it emails all of the source that its gathered to various random emails ALL located in Kuwait and Russia. This is all we know about it at the moment we will try to get back to you with more.
link for more info
| Edward Shaw
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| That it slow down your interconnection
| jim
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| dllhost.exe is a Windows DCOM DLL Host Process it run web applications dll based with IIS. Stop. No virus, everything can be a virus, notepad.exe also!
| Palnus
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| This file produces a surrogate process in which to host COM+ applications, and is provided by Component Services in Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. COM+ allow for the development and use of distributed applications
link for more info
| Allistair Lomax MCSD
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| It came out of no where in my proces list, never saw it before.
| _XC_
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| Dllhost executes dll's. It is not malicious by itself - it is the dll's it hosts that are the problem. If it is hosting a malicious dll then it is malicious.
| Donovan
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| All applications on computer freeze up, CPU maxed out, couldn't do anything, even Ctrl-Alt-Del took minutes to respond! Did an internal search and found the file in the directory it's apparently supposed to be stored in, also found another associated file under c:\windows\Prefetch called "DLLHOST.EXE-2B8A63A0.pf. Scanned both files with Kaspersky Antivirus Personal Pro
| TheBeast
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| dllhost.exe provides the necessary hooks to allow existing COM DLLs to behave as a local (or remote) server by wrapping them into a surrogate process. The dllhost.exe utility will load COM-based DLLs and expose their functionality from a distinct process, leaving the COM servers code base unaltered (no need to change and recompile the source code). I used it for some software projects.
| Michael
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| High memory usage when viewed in Task manager. Sus and Web hosting service stopped and dllhost.exe went down to reasonable memory usage
| duggy
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| Consumes CPU resources to almost 100% but seems to do nothing. Must kill the process to get the server to respond properly again. The process re-spawns almost immediately
| Momo
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| It slows down Interconnection
| S. Samad Khokhar
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| two instances indeed came with "Internet Information Services (IIS)" (win2k here) along with 2 other processes. if you don't want to run a site from your computer (for an intranet for example) uninstall that through the windows-components screen (a tab in software settings)
| Theobald Kafé
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| Die dllhost.exe (dynamic link libary) gehört zu Windows -oder zu dessen Server. Die dllhost.exe ist eine Standapplikation für Webserver.
| DataFighter
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| It is present since I installed my WEB server
| demonia987
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| Part of DCOM needed if you want to access various ActiveX controls, can be used as a pathway for viruses, but by itself it isn't
| Blackbomb
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| while running long ASP scripts,DLL HOST.exe is taking upto 99% CPU
| Pavithra
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| Slow down the system running same time with ''legal'' dllhost.exe (user name = system)
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