What is schost.exe?

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The table below includes any processes that may be associated with schost.exe, from which further information can be found by clicking on the process title. The icon beside the information can be used to quickly determine if this is a safe file in combination with the key below:


This file is normally safe to leave running.	In most cases, this file is not required to run on startup and can be run manually.	Warning, this file may be a virus, spyware, resource hog and running it is not recommended.	This file may or may not be necessary to load on startup, depending on your circumstances.	No information is available for this item.

schost.exe Processes:

File Type	Process Name and Information
	Generic Host Process Added by the RBOT-NC WORM!
	Intranet Detected by Kaspersky as the RBOT.SV BACKDOOR! See here
	Microsoft Detected by Kaspersky as the RBOT.FEH BACKDOOR! See here
	Microsoft Manage Services Detected by PCTools as the SLENFBOT.B WORM! See here
	Update Install Added by the GAOBOT.AO WORM!
	Windows Service Host Added by the GAOBOT.AO WORM!
	WinManager ??

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