dllhost.exe
COM Surrogate by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Version: | 6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520) |
MD5: | 261d3c4aa833fa26703ca4b8840d2362 |
SHA1: | 91833b36a3a9a2ad0933fa20fd5d85d4695b7849 |
SHA256: | d3e6c2bdea1a9591b01a9f0ee384d5a0113e37cf772fef43267983cb0e9a47ef |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is dllhost.exe?
The COM Surrogate is a fancy name for Sacrificial process for a COM object that is run outside of the process that requested it. Explorer uses the COM Surrogate when extracting thumbnails, for example. If you go to a folder with thumbnails enabled, Explorer will fire off a COM Surrogate and use it to compute the thumbnails for the documents in the folder. It does this because Explorer has learned not to trust thumbnail extractors; they have a poor track record for stability.
Overview
dllhost.exe runs as a service under the name Aplikacja systemowa modelu COM+ (COMSysApp) within the local user context. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. This version is installed on Windows 8.
Details
File name: | dllhost.exe |
Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
Product name: | COM Surrogate |
Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe |
File version: | 6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520) |
Product version: | 6.2.8250.0 |
Size: | 8 KB (8,192 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
Expiration date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2013 |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Entropy: | 4.980855 |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'COMSysApp' (Aplikacja systemowa modelu COM+)
- 'PrlVssProvider'
- Symantec SymSnap VSS Provider
- 'COMSysApp'
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 |
19.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro |
10.00% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.50% |
|
Windows 8.1 Single Language |
7.00% |
|
Windows 7 Professional |
5.00% |
|
Windows 8 Single Language |
3.50% |
|
Windows 8 |
3.00% |
|
Windows 8 Pro |
3.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.00% |
|
Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
|
Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.00% |
|
Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
|
Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
|
Windows 7 Home Basic |
0.50% |
|
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.51% of COM Surrogate.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
23.17% |
|
Hewlett-Packard |
17.37% |
|
ASUS |
13.90% |
|
Acer |
11.20% |
|
Toshiba |
10.04% |
|
Lenovo |
10.04% |
|
Sony |
7.72% |
|
Alienware |
2.70% |
|
Intel |
1.54% |
|
Samsung |
1.16% |
|
GIGABYTE |
1.16% |
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