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Hello ,
I recently was checking my task manager , when i noticed a process , called conhost.exe ( which is a valid windows process ) has been added to the processes , but when i looked forward into it , it didn't have any description , nor i would open the file location , the properties , or even close it . ( access denied )
i checked with the Aug-2013 microsoft malicious file removal tool which was suggested but it didn't find any thing.
i'm a bit worried about it since it cannot be closed , but when i open the conhost.exe from "run" it has desc and is closeable ,
please respond soon as im pretty worried :)
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Hi Mahdi,
The conhost.exe process sitting in the middle between CSRSS and cmd.exe allows Windows 7 to fix both of the problems in previous versions of Windows. I would suggest you to see the following link for more information.
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host
Do get back and let us know the status of the issue, I will be glad to help you further. We, at Microsoft strive towards excellence.
It would be nice is someone tells us HOW to find out who this process "conhost" is attached too since it has no description of method to pursue to origin.
IF anyone kbnows teh answer leave it here and send me an E-mail at ******@duftopia.com
Thank You
