What is winhost.exe?

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The table below includes any processes that may be associated with winhost.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.

winhost.exe Processes:

File Type	Process Name and Information
	Microsoft Update Machine Added by the RBOT-GK WORM!
	Svchost Added by the LOLAWEB.A TROJAN! Note - this is not the legitimate svchost.exe process which should NOT appear in Msconfig/Startup!
	win32 Added by the BROPIA.J WORM!
	Windows Host Added by the PRYSAT TROJAN!
	Windows Registry Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!
	Winhost Added by the REATLE.F WORM!
	winhost.exe Added by the LOHAV-R TROJAN!

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