dllhost.exe infected


  1. Posts : 1
    Win 7 Home Pre 64 SP1
       #1

    dllhost.exe infected


    I have been working on this laptop for over a week with no solution even after searching the web for every possible solution.
    Here is what I have seen so far. When opening task manager and looking at processes from all users I see
    dllhost.exe*32 using upwards of 80-90% cpu utilization and an ever increasing size of the file to over 100 MB. Many sites say dllhost is a system file and needs to be kept. I have 4 other PC's and all have this file at 0% and about 2-3M in size.
    I have removed the drive from the laptop and reformatted the C drive, re-installed the OS from a CD. After doing the first round of updates all seemed OK. After the next round of updates the dllhost file again started to climb. Below are the steps I have tried.
    I have run Avast (full Scan), Malwarebytes ( Full Scan) Combo Fix with no solution. I have changed permissions on dllhost and replaced it with a known good file. I watched the size of the replaced file and it started at 750KB and after a minute it started it's increase and the CPU utilization also climbed.
    MS support wants $ to "fix" it. Most of the web based "fixers" scan and find all kinds of errors but none list dllhost.exe so I am reluctant to spend money not knowing if indeed they will correct the problem. On top of this, this is not my PC and the owner has already purchased a new Win 8.1 machine. I guess I am just a geek that would like to find the solution.
    Thanks for any help.
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  2. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #2

    You are looking in the wrong place, dllhost.exe is fine. What you need to look at is what dllhost.exe is running.

    Use Process Explorer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx
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  3. Posts : 1,049
    Windows 7 Pro 32
       #3

    Do you know it's caused by an infection or just guessing? Try scanning the file on https://www.virustotal.com/ it scans with 50+ different antivirus products.

    Malwarebytes doesn't enable scanning for rootkits by default. You might try that as well.

    There are a couple of suggestions here that are related to thumbnail cache problems:
    Windows 7 dllhost.exe memory leak - Microsoft Community
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  4. Posts : 13
    Windows 7
       #4

    dllhost never shuts the f&&& off always wants to connect to the internet to spy
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