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taskhostw.exe trying to connect through Windows Firewall - Is it Malware?
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<blockquote data-quote="DDE_Server" data-source="post: 862705" data-attributes="member: 65727"><p>hi guys when i installed WFC the early of this week</p><p>there were notification pop up for the process Taskhostw.exe trying to connect the internet</p><p>i found the process is digitally signed by Microsoft Coorporation however i read on the internet it may be a Trojan and legit process is without letter "W" so my be may malware injection occur and use svchost.exe to try to connect to the internet</p><p>as you could see from process explorer screenshot below"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]234106[/ATTACH]</p><p>i submitted the process executable to virustotal but no engine detected it so i wander if anyone has knowledge about this issue</p><p>here is the article i found</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-taskhostw.exe-and-windows-update-checker-miner[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDE_Server, post: 862705, member: 65727"] hi guys when i installed WFC the early of this week there were notification pop up for the process Taskhostw.exe trying to connect the internet i found the process is digitally signed by Microsoft Coorporation however i read on the internet it may be a Trojan and legit process is without letter "W" so my be may malware injection occur and use svchost.exe to try to connect to the internet as you could see from process explorer screenshot below" [ATTACH type="full"]234106[/ATTACH] i submitted the process executable to virustotal but no engine detected it so i wander if anyone has knowledge about this issue here is the article i found [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-taskhostw.exe-and-windows-update-checker-miner[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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