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"perfhost.exe" Process on Windows 8
What is the "perfhost.exe" process on windows 8? Is the "perfhost.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "perfhost.exe" process?
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"perfhost.exe" process
represents "x86 Performance Counter Host" program,
created by the "Performance Counter DLL Host" service.
"perfhost.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "Boot" as shown in the process tree below:
Boot perfhost
On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "perfhost.exe" process may be listed as:
Image Name Memory Description -------------------- ---------- ----------- perfhost.exe 2,440 K x86 Performance Counter Host
Additional information about "perfhost.exe" process:
Command line: C:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exe Programe file information: Name: perfhost.exe Location: C:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exe Description: x86 Performance Counter Host Version: 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) Size: 20992 bytes Last modified: 7/25/2012 11:20:52 PM Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Some data files used: C:\Windows C:\Windows\SysWOW64 Some registry keys used: HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions Some DLL libraries used: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wow64.dll C:\Windows\system32\wow64win.dll C:\Windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll C:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KERNEL32.DLL C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KERNELBASE.dll C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RPCRT4.dll
"perfhost.exe" process is not a virus. You should not terminate "perfhost.exe" process.
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