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What is rdshost.exe? RDSHOST.exe?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: RDSHOST.exe - Remote Desktop Service module.

rdshost.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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rdshost.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
rdshost.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x57e036885a222d1a8ef237c7399be98b 1/17/2012 3:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
2 Status 0x62e1e5166ad8e6756eb59271e7759a6a 8/1/2011 12:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
3 Status 0xced12c3cd1d6599c6dac53ae6c3a3449 6/3/2011 4:39:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
4 Status 0x81f64944cdc453a79eb482b99f1a4264 1/20/2011 7:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
5 Status 0xbb2c82c013bebfbe2a06d963cfef17f1 5/13/2010 11:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
6 Status 0x330f302fb4b919e9f5f44945d2b8b7a4 4/25/2010 10:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
7 Status 0x5c20dc70ef5e882665ccea33a7e426c2 3/10/2010 8:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
8 Status 0xf16f0696f386b03c55a7cae60825f26b 2/27/2010 8:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
9 Status 0xc3ae426908f5aa1e00ba6683ecca9b70 12/3/2009 9:43:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
10 Status 0x9b8698cedc52c9977faa59938b6f4c57 11/15/2009 11:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
11 Status 0xd1b64700867dac7c7b1497f74e9b9997 8/25/2009 10:38:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) RDSHOST.exe 60 KB
12 Status 0x05fb9f1676536f4d3a698786130198ca 8/14/2009 10:34:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.3311 (xpsp.080212-0005) RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
13 Status 0x42732e2ad3b7193e5bdba8dc47e89475 6/23/2009 8:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
14 Status 0x984e3d21210772ccfb70cb17c3e398f2 5/1/2009 1:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
15 Status 0x06c06199011406d76c5fdf4d9dde95fc 4/6/2009 1:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
16 Status 0x230b7b30ac2743ed15330ac9e22c4801 3/26/2009 10:30:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
17 Status 0xc7873912cf4f240170009a45406efe95 3/17/2009 3:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
18 Status 0xe54e2e2c7c60a3e8a16370b6a789a5b5 1/1/2009 4:24:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
19 Status 0x8d89dc50e4cb4499746b84dd331f6c40 12/9/2008 1:15:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
20 Status 0xd289a5b2500a7bced7828b4f3ee16a28 12/5/2008 3:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
21 Status 0xc1e0df8e45401857f17913174fb9462c 10/4/2008 8:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
22 Status 0xe8f347c6f610771af5a8938a46d7fbd6 9/15/2008 4:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 118 KB
23 Status 0x9725b8067e4d544abab313fddbe07491 9/6/2008 2:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
24 Status 0x217cb7ef95c2108cd96c1f438a2e9d87 8/28/2008 1:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown RDSHOST.exe 65 KB
25 Status 0x72a4d94375a7939d73e0a1c3d9aa8b10 8/20/2008 1:34:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) RDSHOST.exe 65 KB


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