Hello. I have detected viruses in the following files: C:\WINDOWS\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe (modified 5/27/2008) C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\x86_windowssearchengine_31bf3856ad364e35_7.0.6001.16503_none_3b8c27e8ba3dd3dd\SearchFilterHost.exe (modified 5/27/2008) File sizes, dates, and Checksums indicate that these are two copies of the same file. My Malware protector has "quarantined" the files, but says it cannot remove them safely, presumably because they are part of the OS. Since they have been quarantined (and supposedly rendered inoperable) the OS seems to keep working fine. Can someone explain the purpose of these files? A search of the microsoft support website is not yielding information that is useful, at least to me. Is there any way I can manually replace these files? Thanks. -stephan G.
Repost this to the microsoft.public.security.virus newsgroup news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.virus -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Stephan G." wrote in message news:uWeq3l%23KJHA.1556@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hello. > > I have detected viruses in the following files: > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe (modified 5/27/2008) > C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\x86_windowssearchengine_31bf3856ad364e35_7.0.6001.16503_none_3b8c27e8ba3dd3dd\SearchFilterHost.exe > (modified 5/27/2008) > > > File sizes, dates, and Checksums indicate that these are two copies of > the same file. > > My Malware protector has "quarantined" the files, but says it cannot > remove them safely, presumably because they are part of the OS. > > Since they have been quarantined (and supposedly rendered inoperable) > the OS seems to keep working fine. > > Can someone explain the purpose of these files? A search of the > microsoft support website is not yielding information that is useful, at > least to me. > > Is there any way I can manually replace these files? > > Thanks. > > -stephan G.
Thanks for the suggestion - I have posted there... but I don't have experience with that newsgroup. Still would love any thoughts or advice that might arise here.... -stephan Peter Foldes wrote: > Repost this to the microsoft.public.security.virus newsgroup > > news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.virus >
