The suchost.exe process is an executable file that has been reported by many users to be a malicious program. According to user reports, the suchost.exe process is a LOVGATE worm variant, while other user reports claimed that the suchost.exe process also has a variant associated with the TREB Trojan. The LOVGATE worm variant of the suchost.exe process is also commonly known as a malicious application that disguises itself as a legitimate COM++ System component, while the TREB Trojan variant has been reported to disguise itself as a resource file integrated into a legitimate configuration service module of a valid application installed in the infected Windows system. The suchost.exe process has been reported to be capable of automatically activating itself and running as a background process during system startup and runtime, in order to search for system vulnerabilities that it can possibly exploit to use open TCP/IP network ports for transmitting collected data and Web browsing information from the system and the default Web browser to predesignated Web servers, as well as for downloading other malicious programs unto the infected system.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as LOVGATE Worm and TREB Trojan, 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 suchost.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 suchost.exe, belongs to, in this case LOVGATE Worm and TREB Trojan