The csvhost.exe file is an executable process that has been identified by the system security tools of many users as a malicious application associated with a variant of the Troj/Cimuz-BD program, which is a family of Trojans known to infect unprotected Windows-based systems with outdated OS security certificates, unencrypted TCP/IP network ports and an unsecured Windows System Registry. These users claim that the csvhost.exe malware is capable of creating and injecting keys and entries into the unsecured Windows System Registry of the unprotected computer upon its successful placement and activation, especially in systems with missing or outdated OS security certificates. These registry strings are said to allow the csvhost.exe malware to implement its autorun codes or self-activating functionalities upon Windows startup, and to continue operating as a cloacked background process during system runtime. These users also reported that the csvhost.exe malware is capable of exploiting and using unencrypted TCP/IP network ports of the unprotected Windows-based system to contact predesignated remote servers and download more malicious applications unto the infected computer from these remote servers, which are said to be managed by the authors of the csvhost.exe malware. Some users also claim that the csvhost.exe malware is capable of secretly gathering private user details and Internet surfing information from the infected system and its installed Web browsers, and these details are said to be transmitted by the csvhost.exe malware to these remote servers. A few users claim that the csvhost.exe malware is also capable of performing instructions or directives from these remote servers in the infected Windows-based computer, thereby allowing unauthorized remote access to the resources and stored data of the system.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. csvhost.exe. is used by Troj/Cimuz-BD, If you shut down csvhost.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop csvhost.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Troj/Cimuz-BD, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed csvhost.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Troj/Cimuz-BD, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if csvhost.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that csvhost.exe, belongs to, in this case Troj/Cimuz-BD