Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	4.76%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.11%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.30%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.03%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	2.67%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	12.52%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.05%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.05%
6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520)	0.03%
6.2.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455)	0.05%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	18.39%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	32.98%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.03%
6.1.7600.16384 (win7_rtm.090710-1945)	0.03%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	5.71%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.84%
5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710)	0.03%
5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710)	0.05%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	14.12%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.95%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.68%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.08%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.65%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.03%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.03%
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5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.46%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.08%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.03%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.16%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.30%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.33%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.03%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.08%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.03%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.03%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.03%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)	0.03%
5.1.2600.3311 (xpsp.080212-0003)	0.08%
5.1.2600.3300 (xpsp.080125-2027)	0.03%
5.1.2600.3244 (xpsp.071030-1534)	0.03%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	2.86%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	0.08%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	0.03%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	0.03%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	0.03%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	0.03%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	0.03%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)	0.03%

Relationships

Parent process

svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

wshost.exe (COM Surrogate by Microsoft Corporation)

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

api-ms-win-core-com-l1-1-0.dll

IIDFromString, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize

api-ms-win-core-com-l1-1-1.dll

IIDFromString, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize

api-ms-win-core-com-private-l1-1-0.dll

CoRegisterSurrogateEx

api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-1.dll

UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter

api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-2-0.dll

HeapSetInformation

api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-2-0.dll

InterlockedExchange, InterlockedCompareExchange

api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll

GetModuleHandleA

api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll

GetStartupInfoW, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentProcess

api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-2.dll

TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, GetStartupInfoW, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId

api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll

QueryPerformanceCounter

api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll

Sleep

api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-0.dll

GetTickCount, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime

api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1.dll

GetTickCount, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime

kernel32.dll

TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, HeapSetInformation, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleHandleA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStartupInfoW, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, UnhandledExceptionFilter, lstrlenA, GetVersionExW, SetEnvironmentVariableW, MultiByteToWideChar, GetStartupInfoA, lstrcmpiA

msvcrt.dll

DllMain

ntdll.dll

NtSetInformationProcess

ole32.dll

CoInitializeEx, CoRegisterSurrogateEx, CoUninitialize, CLSIDFromString

dllhost.exe

COM Surrogate by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove dllhost.exe

Version:	6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
MD5:	61e22a327d20737529e5ddad904bdd7b
SHA1:	fcf75556790a095d4c8f194739600d324944c832
SHA256:	99b86c5749488a6e0eb749bef0c8666881bfb2edcdefb288f18072f88e52a789

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) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access) within the context of the Service Host (SvcHost). The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

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:	6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Product version:	6.2.9200.16384
Size:	8.5 KB (8,704 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'

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.36449005%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.13736685%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.22712320%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	161,469 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	2,523/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.59 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	5.33 MB
Private (minimum):	3.71 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.59 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	44.7 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	46.94 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.74 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	6.15 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	4,172/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	6 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	4 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	132	600
GUI GDI count:	9	103
GUI GDI peak:	10	142
GUI USER count:	4	49
GUI USER peak:	7	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command lines:	C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe /processiC:{30d49246-d217-465f-b00b-ac9ddd652eb7} C:\windows\syswow64\dllhost.exe /processiC:{cb45d4ca-8a34-4ef1-9957-6134e5270e83} C:\windows\syswow64\dllhost.exe /processiC:{ab8902b4-09ca-4bb6-b78d-a8f59079a8d5} C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe /processiC:{3eb3c877-1f16-487c-9050-104dbcd66683} C:\windows\syswow64\dllhost.exe /processiC:{45ba127d-10a8-46ea-8ab7-56ea9078943c} C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe /processiC:{ab8902b4-09ca-4bb6-b78d-a8f59079a8d5} C:\windows\syswow64\dllhost.exe /processiC:{06622d85-6856-4460-8de1-a81921b41c4b} (15 more)
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	COMSysApp
Display name:	Aplikacja systemowa modelu COM+
Description:	“Administra la configuración y el seguimiento de los componentes del Modelo de objetos componentes (COM+). Si se detiene el servicio, la mayoría de los componentes COM+ no funcionarán correctamente. Si se deshabilita este servicio, no se podrá iniciar ningún servicio que dependa específicamente de él.”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent processes:	svchost.exe (by Microsoft) services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

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