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svchost.exe

Host Process for Windows Services

Microsoft Corporation

The Windows Service Host (SvcHost) is a system process that hosts multiple Windows services in a shared process. Services run in SvcHost are implemented as dynamically-linked libraries (DLLs).
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed and verified)

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Description:
Host Process for Windows Services

 
Part of the Windows Operating System

Version:
10.0.10166.0 (fbl_impressive.150703-1818)

MD5:
4cd271eb17ddfa08fcc91ca0cc0d94a1

SHA-1:
b383ac9aa6d16cfcc33d66225a45399eb31dbd84

SHA-256:
98c00e41df10d3d2dca4eab280c01d2c5a489e753925e31dad7fd0693a861794

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)
Whitelisted  (by digital signature)

Analysis date:
8/9/2026 8:35:38 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
33.9 KB (34,664 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.10166.0

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
svchost.exe.mui

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Microsoft Corporation

Authority:
Microsoft Corporation

Valid from:
4/8/2015 3:28:14 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 3:28:14 PM

Subject:
CN=Microsoft Windows Publisher, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Serial number:
3300000080E0B6EB3DEB7C8CCB000000000080

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/5/2015 7:41:23 PM

OS version:
10.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:oY4Xg5dqluvtOnVZPn/mW1GupT1PsP4vUV0jZV4:d4w5dvcTP/BGupZPsXV08

Entry address:
0x2720

Entry point:
E8, 6B, 13, 00, 00, E9, 06, 00, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, F4, 00, 00, 00, 00, 68, 0C, 10, 40, 00, 68, 08, 10, 40, 00, C7, 45, FC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 45, F8, C7, 45, F0, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 60, 40, 00, 83, C4, 08, 85, C0, 75, 2D, 50, 50, 50, 8D, 45, F8, 50, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 15, 3C, 60, 40, 00, 68, 04, 10, 40, 00, 68, 00, 10, 40, 00, FF, 15, 34, 60, 40, 00, 83, C4, 1C, 8D, 45, F0, 50, E8, 19, 00, 00, 00, B8, FF, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E5, 5D, C3...
 
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Entropy:
6.2837

Code size:
15 KB (15,360 bytes)

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