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What is conhost.exe? Console Window Host?

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:     
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.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: conhost.exe is a Console Window Host. This file is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. Conhost.exe is developed by Microsoft Corporation. It’s a system and hidden file.

conhost.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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conhost.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: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
conhost.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x015e337aba03750d890a035819688fe1 10/29/2018 1:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 0 KB
2 Status 0x177ace35ae6dcb6eb52bdecf02be025f 5/13/2016 10:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 0 KB
3 Status 0xb1d08a692adae345689971661ccacfa3 3/14/2015 7:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 0 KB
4 Status 0x1fccec5e391740e5b7dc54a94e419322 11/21/2014 7:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 45 KB
5 Status 0x13f8da67a1bb705d1c50f48ee2585e3d 8/16/2014 1:43:00 AM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 0 KB
6 Status 0xa191d18c7070d1617def3797eb7483f3 2/24/2013 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 292 KB
7 Status 0xcc11bb2f0bfaed07ef7d3cbd85b130d2 6/3/2012 5:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 294 KB
8 Status 0xaf6fe353a4eedee04368bcdfe1a7ffa5 8/11/2011 10:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 265 KB
9 Status 0x640ea05384a9232168011797d980ba49 4/2/2011 5:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 265 KB


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