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svchost.exe

Host Process for Windows Services

Microsoft Corporation

The Windows Service Host (SvcHost) is a system process that hosts multiple Windows services in a shared process. Services run in SvcHost are implemented as dynamically-linked libraries (DLLs). It is installed with the Windows 8 pre-release build (RTM).
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed and verified)

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Description:
Host Process for Windows Services

 
Part of the Windows 8.1 (Blue) Operating System

Version:
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)

MD5:
d0abc231c0b3e88c6b612b28abbf734d

SHA-1:
8fe931b1eb696cf3db0ca62f42df713e933e51b1

SHA-256:
388557172f87d67a033d7b8ea0124246af2e7c041e93fb6cfb35bb9cf733578b

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)
Whitelisted  (by digital signature)

Analysis date:
3/14/2025 5:08:03 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
32.3 KB (33,088 bytes)

Product version:
6.3.9600.16384

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
svchost.exe.mui

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Microsoft Corporation

Authority:
Microsoft Corporation

Valid from:
4/22/2014 6:29:14 PM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 6:29:14 PM

Subject:
CN=Microsoft Windows Publisher, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Serial number:
33000000287E6E0262D24588ED000000000028

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/29/2014 1:01:28 AM

OS version:
6.3

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:jgn6FcWjK3SoXqvz//lnPXT4u6B4PuUv/0e9K8gWW9wbWsjt1ZVUuDBRJxxd1laU:BjK3S3z1n8uZPuU05G/jt1/Uu1P7dyyv

Entry address:
0x2180

Entry point:
E8, 09, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, F4, 00, 00, 00, 00, 68, 00, 22, 40, 00, 68, FC, 21, 40, 00, C7, 45, FC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 45, F8, C7, 45, F0, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 04, 60, 40, 00, 83, C4, 08, 85, C0, 0F, 85, 17, 12, 00, 00, 50, 50, 50, 8D, 45, F8, 50, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 15, 08, 60, 40, 00, 68, F8, 21, 40, 00, 68, F4, 21, 40, 00, FF, 15, 00, 60, 40, 00, 83, C4, 1C, 8D, 45, F0, 50, E8, 55, F4, FF, FF, CC, 90, 90, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.2693

Code size:
13 KB (13,312 bytes)

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