DLLhost.exe
What is it?
DCOM DLL Host Process - dllhost.exe
What does it do?
dllhost.exe - DCOM DLL host process supports DLL-based COM
objects and is used by many Windows programs. .NET Runtime and IIS are probably
the two most common applications that use this process.
What's DCOM? "A wire protocol that enables software components to communicate directly over a network"
Virus Precaution:
The original file from
Microsoft gets placed in the C:WINDOWSSystem32dllhost.exe directory.
if you find it anywhere else then you should be suspicious for sure.
You'll want to keep an eye on
this google search for any known viruses.
There's only one unique virus found through this search. All of the results are
the various names of this single virus.
Nachia-A @ Sophos