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ThreatExpert's awareness of the file "advhost.exe":

Across all ThreatExpert reports, the file "advhost.exe" was mostly identified as a threat.
File "advhost.exe" has the following statistics:
Total number of reports analysed611,932
Number of cases that involved the file "advhost.exe"21
Number of incidents when this file was found to be a threat18
Statistical volume of cases when "advhost.exe" was a threat86%
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The file "advhost.exe" is known to be created under the following filename:
%System%\advhost.exe
Note: %System% is a variable that refers to the System folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

The following threats are known to be associated with the file "advhost.exe":
Threat AliasNumber of Incidents
Trojan:Win32/Nuwvult.A [Microsoft]14
IM-Worm.Win32.Agent [Ikarus]12
Win32/Agent.worm.991248 [AhnLab]12
Mal/Generic-A [Sophos]5
Trojan.Crypt [Ikarus]5
Trojan Horse [Symantec]4
Adware.Gen [Symantec]1
Backdoor.Win32.Agent.afba [Kaspersky Lab]1
Generic.dx!bgu [McAfee]1
Generic.dx!cfe [McAfee]1
Generic.dx!dx [McAfee]1
Generic.dx!enk [McAfee]1
Generic.dx!ie [McAfee]1
Generic.dx!js [McAfee]1
IM-Worm.Win32.Agent.nd [Kaspersky Lab]1
IM-Worm.Win32.Agent.nh [Kaspersky Lab]1
IM-Worm.Win32.Agent.nv [Kaspersky Lab]1
IM-Worm.Win32.Agent.nw [Kaspersky Lab]1
IM-Worm.Win32.Agent.oi [Kaspersky Lab]1
IM-Worm.Win32.Agent.ql [Kaspersky Lab]1
IM-Worm.Win32.Agent.qv [Kaspersky Lab]1
Trojan.Adclicker [Symantec]1
Trojan-Dropper.Agent [Ikarus]1
Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab]1