dlhost.exe

[RTZ]

hey can someone tell me what this is i just noticed this in the task manager under processes is that normal. never saw it beforejust wondering if i reboot it disapears.

[greenknight]

Googled that, the first thing that came up was "dlhost.exe is an advertising Spyware called IamBigBrother." I found that it was offered as parental monitoring software, but Symantec just calls it spyware:

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/...-070516-0957-99

dllhost.exe, on the other hand, is a legit Windows file. Are you sure it had only one l?

[RTZ]

Whew, as I catch my breath. THANKS just double checked its dllhost. My vision is not what it use to be

[Tarun]

You may want to use Process Explorer as your Task Manager. You can see the file paths, versions and more.

[RTZ]

THANKS JUST DID THAT ITS THE dllhost .exe of MICROSOFT THAT PROCESS EXPLORER IS MUCH BETTER TO USE.

[cluberti]

A dllhost.exe is a host process that allows a dll-based program (a COM+ application .dll, almost always) to run inside an executable process, mostly to allow another application to be able to access the COM interfaces it exposes via OLE/RPC (literally, it is a COM+ DLL HOST). It's not much different than a svchost.exe process (a Service HOST), and you should definitely use process monitor to see what is loaded in the dllhost.

[RTZ]

Thank you cluberti for that explaination that helped alot and i am now using process explorer and it is exactly as you explained, mostly to allow another application to be able to access the COM interfaces it exposes via OLE/RPC (literally, it is a COM+ DLL HOST). I APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT

[greenknight]

Glad to hear it wasn't malware...IamBigBrother could steal all your passwords, and is fairly hard to remove... and, you're welcome.

Process Explorer is great, wouldn't be without it.

[RTZ]

Oh yeah definitly need to have it.