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Posted 17 April 2009 - 01:45 PM
i was recently playing halo 2 for windows vista and it froze unexpectedly. i went to task manager to terminate its process when i noticed something called dllhost.exe and was quite puzzled as to what it is so if someone could help me out and tell me wether its a virus or not that would be great
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dllhost.exe ? whats this??
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 05:27 PM
This can be a tricky one
Although there is a legitimate one, many malware writers also hide their viruses there
Try updating and running your AV and scan tools
Although there is a legitimate one, many malware writers also hide their viruses there
Try updating and running your AV and scan tools
Mark
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why won't my laptop work?
Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around
Do not send me PMs with problems that should be posted in the forums. Keep it in the forums, so everyone benefits
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