Estimated safety rating

svchost.exe is assumed by some web sites to be a virus. If svchost.exe is found on your system, it is best to run a antivirus to remove it.

Infected with

A virus or malware has been detected in this program: ADWARE/RuKoma.wnyql. This is very important - use a good antivirus to clean or quarantine it.

Executable file path

This program is normally found in C:\Windows\Microsoft\svchost.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 914887f12705f1ce9d82572c56dc05f8.

Is running as a service

This application is set up as a Windows service. This means it runs on your system in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are useful programs, which perform useful functions to other programs or to the Windows Operating System.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This app runs in 32-bit mode. It can not use the full power of modern PC processors. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous features of the Operating System appear to be used, such as functions for tapping the keyboard. We advise you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

A digital signature is missing from this program. The publisher did not bother to sign it. This is usually bad.

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have an uninstall routine set up in registry.