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Discus and support antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to... in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Hi, Since 2-3 months antivirus (eset) throws warnings like below: [ATTACH][ATTACH] I want to block them but although this option is selected both... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by RRYJ, Oct 28, 2018.

  1. RRYJ
    RRYJ Win User

    antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to...


    Hi,


    Since 2-3 months antivirus (eset) throws warnings like below:

    antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to... 8d4ad055-014a-45fa-b53b-1ed7a4cb0810?upload=true.png antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to... 6dbf8c16-72df-4733-8418-0bf0904b2bd7?upload=true.png

    I want to block them but although this option is selected both applications still attempt to access the camera. Why is it happening? How can I switch them not to access the camera?


    Regards

    Radek

    :)
     
    RRYJ, Oct 28, 2018
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  2. PRINCE4
    PRince4 Win User

    taskhostw tying to access your WebCam?!


    I was like WTF? Why does a "System" process wants to access my WebCam? My antivirus shows this :

    antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to... [​IMG]
     
    PRince4, Oct 28, 2018
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  3. WYNONA
    Wynona Win User
    taskhostw tying to access your WebCam?!


    I did a search for taskhostw exe and found the following:


    antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to... [​IMG]


    That's a lot of 'em!
     
    Wynona, Oct 28, 2018
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  4. F14TOMCAT
    f14tomcat Win User

    antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to...

    taskhostw tying to access your WebCam?!


    Mine is signed Microsoft Windows:


    antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to... [​IMG]


    And, so is Taskmgr.exe:


    antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to... [​IMG]


    And, SearchUI.exe:


    antivirus warning about Windows applications (taskhostw, devicecensus) demanding access to... [​IMG]



    So probably not a false flag signature on taskhostw.exe.
     
    f14tomcat, Oct 28, 2018
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