What is the "AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process on windows 7? Is the "AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process?

"AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process represents "Microsoft Application Virtualization Client DLL Surrogate Host" program.

"AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "Boot" as shown in the process tree below:

Boot
   AppVDllSurrogate64

On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process may be listed as:

Image Name                 Memory   Description
--------------------   ----------   -----------
AppVDllSurrogate64.e      1,532 K   Microsoft Application Virtualization Client DLL Surrogate Host

Additional information about "AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process:

Command line:
   "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" 
   {C39EE728-D419-4BD4-A3EF-EDA059DBD935} -Embedding

Programe file information:
   Name: AppVDllSurrogate64.exe
   Location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe
   Description: Microsoft Application Virtualization Client DLL Surrogate Host
   Version: 5.151.57.0
   Size: 145064 bytes
   Last modified: 12/13/2016 11:34:02 AM
   Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
   
Some data files used:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRunPackageLocker

Some registry keys used:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ClickToRun
HKCR\CLSID\{C39EE728-D419-4BD4-A3EF-EDA059DBD935}

Some DLL libraries used:
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
C:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
C:\windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\client\AppVIsvSubsystems64.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\client\AppVIsvStream64.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\client\c2r64.dll
C:\windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
C:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll
C:\windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll

"AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process is not a virus. But you can terminate "AppVDllSurrogate64.exe" process, if you are not running any Microsoft Office applications.

 

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