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

Across all ThreatExpert reports, the file "svchust.exe" was mostly identified as a threat.

File "svchust.exe" has the following statistics:

Total number of reports analysed	611,932
Number of cases that involved the file "svchust.exe"	84
Number of incidents when this file was found to be a threat	73
Statistical volume of cases when "svchust.exe" was a threat	87%

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The file "svchust.exe" is known to be created under the following filenames:

%System%\svchust.exe

%Windir%\svchust.exe

Notes:

%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).
%Windir% is a variable that refers to the Windows installation folder. By default, this is C:\Windows or C:\Winnt.

The file "svchust.exe" has the following possible countries of origin:

The following threats are known to be associated with the file "svchust.exe":

Threat Alias	Number of Incidents
PE_PARITE.A [Trend Micro]	988
W32/Parite-B [Sophos]	988
Win32/Parite [AhnLab]	988
W32.Pinfi [Symantec]	980
Virus.Win32.Parite.b [Kaspersky Lab]	958
W32/Pate.b [McAfee]	946
Virus:Win32/Parite.B [Microsoft]	898
Win32.Parite.B2 [PC Tools]	480
Virus.Win32.Parite [Ikarus]	50
Trojan.Adclicker [Symantec]	17
Virus.Win32.Virut.ce [Kaspersky Lab]	17
W32.Virut.CF [Symantec]	17
W32/Scribble-B [Sophos]	17
Win32/Virut.F [AhnLab]	17
Virus:Win32/Virut.BM [Microsoft]	16
W32/Virut.n.gen [McAfee]	11
Generic.dx [McAfee]	6
Hacktool.Rootkit [Symantec]	4
Mal/Generic-A [Sophos]	4
Packed.Win32.Krap [Ikarus]	4
Trojan Horse [Symantec]	4
Trojan.Generic [PC Tools]	4
Win32.Parite.B [PC Tools]	4
Malware.Virut [PC Tools]	3
Packed.Win32.Krap.af [Kaspersky Lab]	3
TROJ_AGENT.AAYV [Trend Micro]	3
Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Delf [Ikarus]	3
PE_VIRUX.H-3 [Trend Micro]	2
Mal/Emogen-P, Mal/Behav-156 [Sophos]	1
Mal/Rimecud-A, Mal/Zbot-I [Sophos]	1
New Win32 [McAfee]	1
PE_VIRUX.E-3 [Trend Micro]	1
TROJ_CLICKER.UQ [Trend Micro]	1
TROJ_CLICKER.YX [Trend Micro]	1
Trojan.Click.Small.SN [Ikarus]	1
Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Agent.acc [Kaspersky Lab]	1
Virus.Win32.Virut [Ikarus]	1
Virus:Win32/Virut.gen!O [Microsoft]	1
Win-Trojan/Agent.38912.FB [AhnLab]	1