Two "COM Surrogates" in task manager that always run.

Hi,

Thank you for a detailed information on the issue.

First of all, the dllhost.exe process goes by the name COM Surrogate. The COM hosting process controls processes in Internet Information Services (IIS) and is used by many programs. For example, it loads the .NET runtime. There can be multiple instances of the DLLhost.exe process running.  The dllhost.exe file is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 (Where “C” is the operating system drive).

Otherwise, two instances of the services might show up under Task Manager due to virus or malware present on the computer.

You may navigate to the location and check if .dllhost.exe file exists under the folder location mentioned.

To confirm whether it could be due to virus or malware, let’s run the Microsoft Safety scanner and check if it finds any infected files within the computer.

The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It works with your existing antivirus software. The Scanner expires 10 days after being downloaded. To rerun a scan with the latest anti-malware definitions, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again. Refer to the link to download and run the scanner:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx    

Note: Any data files that are infected may only be cleaned by deleting the file entirely, which means there is a potential for data loss.

Please let us know about the status of this issue.

well,you´re lucky....in my taskmanager that ++++g COM SURROGATE EXIST 4TIMES...and i got never a real solution 2fiix it.neighter ms fixit or other stupid ms tools could fix that.i tried following things(as admin)goto the comsurrogate,right click-details-then another window pops up-choose entree:Priority-set it to: LOW.this stopped that ****.^^ hopes it ll help you out. rgds

action  center alerts me that run maintenance is needed & i did & then it asked again, i have dose it 3 times, what is wrong? i just got my PC back from Repairs, i had issue PC was like it was shut down, but was not, i heard the cooler working inside, But no picture & no sound, after restart PC seemed to work, but only few minutes & the same thing again, that is fixed, but new i have issue that windows dose not recognize that maintenance is finished once

so run maintenance massage wont disappear

i don't know where to ask questions on this pages so i ask here  

EDIT:

new i have new PC

Hi,

If you have already checked for the results after running the scanner and there are no infected files on the computer, this might be a virus or malware.

As I have already suggested, there could be instances when you may find multiple instances of this service running on the computer. I have checked on my computer where in, there are couple of instances of the COM service running at the same time.

The error message could show up as, by default, it is not possible to kill a process that is running under a security context different than the one of the process who issued the call to TerminateProcess.

Try to terminate the process by placing the computer in clean boot state and find out the exact application that has been the cause of multiple instances and closing the application helps to terminate the process.

Refer to the link to place the computer in a clean boot state and verify the cause of the issue:

Refer the section “Windows 8”

Refer the section “How to determine what is causing the problem by performing a clean boot” to check for the application or program that is causing this issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135      

Note: Please refer the section: How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot of the Kb article to boot the computer in normal startup after fixing the issue.

Please let us know if you have more queries on Windows.

Hi,

 

Thank you for a detailed information on the issue.

 

First of all, the dllhost.exe process goes by the name COM Surrogate. The COM hosting process controls processes in Internet Information Services (IIS) and is used by many programs. For example, it loads the .NET runtime. There can be multiple instances of the DLLhost.exe process running.  The dllhost.exe file is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 (Where “C” is the operating system drive).

Otherwise, two instances of the services might show up under Task Manager due to virus or malware present on the computer.

 

You may navigate to the location and check if .dllhost.exe file exists under the folder location mentioned.

To confirm whether it could be due to virus or malware, let’s run the Microsoft Safety scanner and check if it finds any infected files within the computer.

 

The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It works with your existing antivirus software. The Scanner expires 10 days after being downloaded. To rerun a scan with the latest anti-malware definitions, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again. Refer to the link to download and run the scanner:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx    

Note: Any data files that are infected may only be cleaned by deleting the file entirely, which means there is a potential for data loss.

 

Please let us know about the status of this issue.

I'm running the full Scan at the moment, when I click file location on both instances of COM Surrogate, it shows up as the same one, also when  I try to end task it says this,

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