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What is conhost.exe? Console Window Host

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Pitstop Analysis

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 Technical Information

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

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
conhost.exe

MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
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2 Status 0x119f3800097d342f5f0cc2e392c29664 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 29 160 819 Not Applicable
3 Status 0x177ace35ae6dcb6eb52bdecf02be025f More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 5164 23034 23550 Not Applicable
4 Status 0xb5c8881951776ecd34ed2929b1af975d More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 977 6163 22125 Not Applicable
5 Status 0x7b162f044b225fe0cf25cacb5f05b07e More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 3664 23828 107502 Not Applicable
6 Status 0x66f96dd4eb24dc79df58612990d52688 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 27 108 404 Not Applicable
7 Status 0x47efc54249428c8615dffc9677a73fbf More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 27 181 731 Not Applicable
8 Status 0x78feb25dca615cc85c7be7c21e921c68 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 1096 19260 180853 Not Applicable
9 Status 0x310e9119d0a1cfdf1da897089b533d81 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 9596 95818 488281 Not Applicable
10 Status 0xe0896ec4b12ea977a7c81d1a8dab6667 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 4 84 694 Not Applicable
11 Status 0x6cf06608d183593d47112173b663e7ed More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 20 139 1024 Not Applicable
12 Status 0x3fa214b377b8711d859f950fdfeff739 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 110569 992840 4989043 Not Applicable
13 Status 0x47005361ff2a479a0554f352266baed3 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 226 1866 8238 Not Applicable
14 Status 0x1062598477a2ecd8d934f38998e26f75 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 33 591 2088 Not Applicable
15 Status 0x156f20e7a89573c2fd7cbc305dfc181f More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 78 556 3574 Not Applicable
16 Status 0x29d9fcdf65b7c823688a035937bb6697 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 675 6469 28723 Not Applicable
17 Status 0x4766160c4b63bb76ffec0ddf6103a396 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 60 287 1482 Not Applicable
18 Status 0xb1d08a692adae345689971661ccacfa3 More File Information 5/21/2013 Unsigned 0 4 15 Not Applicable
19 Status 0xf76d61952037c59a3cd1f146f048cdf7 More File Information 5/21/2013 Unsigned 0 1 1 Not Applicable
20 Status 0xaf6fe353a4eedee04368bcdfe1a7ffa5 More File Information 5/19/2013 Unsigned 0 3 17 Not Applicable
21 Status 0x7b0f27673beb5d9d97a8f533f1df5de3 More File Information 5/16/2013 Unsigned 0 0 1 Not Applicable
22 Status 0x0e3e5b180c1fa852b6ee71f339db2872 More File Information 4/20/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
23 Status 0x48192224b14997762319673a72207d30 More File Information 4/17/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
24 Status 0xc0324df7532e2052f4b5551f9845c832 More File Information 4/14/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
25 Status 0x4f76642d9fef5bfd7fb3e4b16010067a More File Information 4/10/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
26 Status 0x7b5de64605e9dd7826350cab9a055bdf More File Information 3/19/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
27 Status 0x053bb2b53053f7e90a2884a855d9c21f More File Information 3/16/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
28 Status 0x6eed825122ea3bdb9d456ac97978ffed More File Information 3/11/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
29 Status 0x0dd21b53d5bc7b1729d9dc40eeffc0ec More File Information 2/14/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
30 Status 0xe93017cec29e55ede9c01bdd980fd2e3 More File Information 2/3/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
31 Status 0xcc11bb2f0bfaed07ef7d3cbd85b130d2 More File Information 1/21/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
32 Status 0x6a11660bebb39be8c06e4f901f00c738 More File Information 1/17/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
33 Status 0x3803f847b0bcdaea538e346a0b6486d3 More File Information 1/9/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
34 Status 0x402b44b31c7183fcf2c4e1083af317fa More File Information 11/18/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
35 Status 0x5a95d2808edd2e879674b35b82877e79 More File Information 10/15/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
36 Status 0x448bf22538f1dfcb3412ae2b1cf123a9 More File Information 9/21/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
37 Status 0x9f015a7096d21e6fdbab4cf649c16a16 More File Information 8/28/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
38 Status 0xa288a6ae4f172d2489e430515f825685 More File Information 8/23/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
39 Status 0xc26a52ac567630e0255a7a336db9e833 More File Information 7/13/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
40 Status 0xd93290d2eef024b7e85c431a60c6ef23 More File Information 7/7/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
41 Status 0x5ae70183ab626854490ddc18c53acdec More File Information 6/4/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
42 Status 0xead96ec39cae112b2717b1dc1d6f33fb More File Information 5/20/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
43 Status 0x8fde5feb96b7e3c74fd74b25106282c1 More File Information 5/20/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
44 Status 0xb845a3234e51dd7ab00c4fd9debd1497 More File Information 5/16/2012 Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.FakeAV.IS (v)
45 Status 0x0b5be464f11a2e681c79945918ae1f52 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
46 Status 0xd212a71d5c7e72fc2687fa94a5ca2798 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
47 Status 0xdd0a29d54c81b1d8559ec1f037e6be20 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
48 Status 0xfab65a9b5c5139be7a259ac493c9a38e More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
49 Status 0x0d862a4888359eae424276a6cbb24fcf More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
50 Status 0xe30b3de2b59847e1f5bdac8f73c7461c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
51 Status 0x84e0640e233de6a9d8999b71a6a961c0 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot.b (v)
52 Status 0x3b4fe4f7a14b26f71bcb09837152c701 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
53 Status 0x052c31e16f4aeafe8069f1b7df0a476f More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
54 Status 0x41c6c4780ead800a638bddc9a2400572 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
55 Status 0xda915aec0fd49015fbe425d65209846c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
56 Status 0x5aeff1e619cd8066c01685157d86c727 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
57 Status 0xe7d4ef5c92beb106d75d07d383cc5d7a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
58 Status 0xa36e9ca8b4adb6e8cbca7f24deead37a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
59 Status 0x19bf199e0b310e76dde90c3b47819669 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
60 Status 0x9b69c7363ba77fd06cdf08081820646d More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
61 Status 0x35d281219a4cfb35920fef1048ca1b5c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
62 Status 0x8635f1548107256db234059c6da46135 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
63 Status 0x39eb0708b071d0b3ea9e81e33759d15d More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
64 Status 0xc92a50ab48f6b2cfa0c1c094a809f2a3 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
65 Status 0xa119989cf6c5c4bfa32f6b98eeb47369 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
66 Status 0x20ee3e3bd8f2f3397090a925c0e65f98 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
67 Status 0xb5c53fbba2183e8385264735551d429c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
68 Status 0x5a22b24bb96524cff4ae7317797269e5 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
69 Status 0x93121f4d97598c5ddb971262731a2614 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
70 Status 0x9878d01f1dc22e8b6296e2399dbf526a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
71 Status 0x7eab713a225753e3b8c18c5de464cadb More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
72 Status 0x87daf5899084daafd8f2f0fb69891275 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
73 Status 0x7a0e03102c565cf20574e5aa1df42de9 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
74 Status 0x1c353e92169245737f36f44ac45148c9 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
75 Status 0xc2eccecbe6699cc0b3542bd200e5697c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
76 Status 0x3bb288abda16b8e8517d6a8d8d2cc143 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
77 Status 0x6cd8be14b2e17556e64ca87a15adb901 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
78 Status 0x70321e1855322e6bf11293013b10eeda More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
79 Status 0x02c18c75c77ead761004aeed1f2f228c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.da!d (v)
80 Status 0x4990646c3ab13b2afe28ce30f0d77894 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot.b (v)
81 Status 0xf7e5f1eb40b37c9985344b8956757265 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
82 Status 0xfd70ad7ce155040e78cc3f269c75ae25 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
83 Status 0x459791095f6fe6ddb9f04b1a12e5487d More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
84 Status 0x149f4e7a8befe13be2eef09eb3539b2a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
85 Status 0x0069f113a9e8a95b2bae89dad4c7adf9 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
86 Status 0xf340f7a608b8cfd4082b12d4b8225eeb More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
87 Status 0xa88979a33000537fd4380fdfdf37be63 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
88 Status 0x09d6e2e146e9113cefba24a1fe11021b More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
89 Status 0x0fb2db33113197565c5f62dfa1ea9ea1 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
90 Status 0x285ac66fd64f123c751753131aff7166 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
91 Status 0xd284141aee390784f8a38ce145479d58 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
92 Status 0x01c2f050b536833351042e418734cf83 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
93 Status 0x0c1049f6e4df4bb61ed3b9026df2391b More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
94 Status 0x968546908918bf97f1a598b7764c5403 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
95 Status 0x9340ba7002d5293046ee8b6ff4a31fa9 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
96 Status 0x1cfff733161fee538e46c28349b664cc More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
97 Status 0x1f56bad9628ec7a2e46dccbfe859b3d4 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
98 Status 0x9db1bb12ade83c7ab079a95e8ed02d92 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
99 Status 0x4aea5658f2f709c79b1b739f7bb35bed More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
100 Status 0x458e0e4048064889ba2259005d859034 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0xa191d18c7070d1617def3797eb7483f3 2/24/2013 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 292 KB
2 Status 0xcc11bb2f0bfaed07ef7d3cbd85b130d2 6/3/2012 5:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 294 KB
3 Status 0x7b162f044b225fe0cf25cacb5f05b07e 2/7/2012 4:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 0 KB
4 Status 0xb5c8881951776ecd34ed2929b1af975d 2/3/2012 6:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 0 KB
5 Status 0x29d9fcdf65b7c823688a035937bb6697 1/31/2012 11:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 265 KB
6 Status 0x156f20e7a89573c2fd7cbc305dfc181f 1/13/2012 10:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 0 KB
7 Status 0xaf6fe353a4eedee04368bcdfe1a7ffa5 8/11/2011 10:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 265 KB
8 Status 0x640ea05384a9232168011797d980ba49 4/2/2011 5:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown Console Window Host 265 KB



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