DLLHOST

[Lee Bowden]

Over the weekend, my pc became very very slow after a
while of using it (about 30 mins). I have only just
realised it was due to a file called DLLHOST. I stopped
it via task manager and my pc started running as normal.
Do I need DLLHOST? Can I stop the file loading so I dont
have to keep stopping it when it loads itself up?

Any help will be much appreciated

Regards Lee

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Might be the Welchia worm. See if dllhost.exe exists in this folder:

C:\Windows\system32\wins

If so, then it's a worm. The real file belongs under C:\Windows\system32
(and is probably still there).

See:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html


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Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

W32.Welchia.Worm a.k.a. W32/Nachi.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html

W32.Welchia.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html

McAfee AVERT Stinger
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger


Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

If so, then it's a worm. The real file belongs under C:\Windows\system32
(and is probably still there).

Also the 'proper' file is only 5K, the worm is about 14K