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"WSHost.exe" Process on Windows 8
What is the "WSHost.exe" process on windows 8? Is the "WSHost.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "WSHost.exe" process?
✍: FYIcenter.com
"WSHost.exe" process
represents "COM Surrogate" program.
"WSHost.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "Boot" as shown in the process tree below:
Boot WSHost
On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "WSHost.exe" process may be listed as:
Image Name Memory Description -------------------- ---------- ----------- WSHost.exe 10,592 K COM Surrogate
Additional information about "WSHost.exe" process:
Command line: C:\Windows\WinStore\WSHost.exe -Embedding Programe file information: Name: WSHost.exe Location: C:\Windows\WinStore\WSHost.exe Description: COM Surrogate Version: 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) Size: 26776 bytes Last modified: 7/26/2012 12:46:56 AM Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Some data files used: C:\Windows\System32 C:\Users\fyi\AppData\Local\Temp\winstore.log C:\Windows\System32\en-US\esrb.rs.mui C:\Users\fyi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log Some registry keys used: HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsRuntime\CLSID HKCR\ActivatableClasses\CLSID HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Ids HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WindowsRuntime\ActivatableClassId Some DLL libraries used: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.DLL C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\combase.dll C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\shcore.dll C:\Windows\system32\GDI32.dll C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL
"WSHost.exe" process is not a virus. You should not terminate "WSHost.exe" process.
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