Windows 10: conhost.exe on win10 showing virus under ProcessExplorer

I run a lenovo laptop that has the 'synaptics' family of drivers on it. I noticed yesterday that one chunk of that software, is running conhost.exe, which is a Microsoft executable. Someone (synaptics, or you Microsoft) has dropped the ball on conhost.exe, as it shows a virus signature under ProcessExplorer from sysinternals:




Here is the link showing the virus info:




Not sure whose problem this is - yours (Microsoft) for the native conhost.exe having a problem, or Synaptics if they're redistributing your exe (note that the conhost.exe has microsoft signatures in it, so it came from you.) Has conhost.exe been patched in a security update? If so, which one? I keep my computer up to date, I think the right solution for this, is for MS to put this in an update and supersede any earlier versions. Someone from your side should reach out to Lenovo about Synaptics, they won't listen to me but you've got an IHV program I'm sure you can work through.


It's pretty disheartening to have found this after using this computer for years, hopefully nothing's compromised. Also, I run windows defender ad-hoc regularly and scheduled often, too, and it didn't peep about this.

:)

 

NESHTA.A VIRUS REMOVED BUT .EXE NOT WORKING

Hi Khaled,

It is possible that you .exe is not working due to corrupted system files or account. To assist you better, kindly answer the following questions:

• Does this happen with a specific application or with all of your application?
• Have you tried creating a new admin account to check if the issue also with new account or only with the current account?

In the meantime, we suggest that you follow the steps in this article on how
to create a new admin account.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Some .exe files files show Application error 0xe00000e5

Hello,

One of the possible reasons why you get this error is a corrupt registry settings or some third party product (or virus) can change the default configuration for running EXE files. To better understand and isolate this issue, kindly answer the
following questions:

• To confirm, do you successfully update your computer?
• Aside from this error code, do you also get any error messages?
• Any troubleshooting steps you've tried so far?

We look forward to your reply.

 

Malware tprdpw64.exe after installing 7zip

Thank you for the reply and the suggestions. However neither link provided a working solution. I followed each set of instructions step by step, to the T, but the viruses are still there.

I killed the processes with Rkill as instructed, and it found and ended the malware process `tprdpw64.exe`. It, however, did nothing
about the adware `svcvmx` & `svcvmx client` processes. After doing so I downloaded and installed Zemana, as instructed, and let it do a full system scan. Might I add that this took over
10 hours to complete, as I have 1,396,541 files on my PC, so this whole thing wasted nearly half a day of my time with no results.

Zemana detected the malware virus `tprdpw64.exe` located at "C:\WINDOWS\System32\tprdpw64.exe"
(among other, smaller "threats"), and labeled it as malware. After it finished the scan, it said it has placed all files into quarantine, including `tprdpw64.exe`.
However, when checking the quarantine list `tprdpw64.exe` is
not listed. I then decided to have Zemana remove the files in the
quarantine list from my system and then rebooted my PC. It removed them all successfully, except for `tprdpw64.exe`
which is still on my system, and still runs (I can still see it in task manager after rebooting). So the 10+ hours of waiting were all for nothing.

I then used Zemana's "drag-and-drop" feature to re-scan just `tprdpw64.exe`
(in order to not have to wait 10+ hours again). It scanned it, and now says the file is not a threat (but it clearly is).

I then proceeded to step 2, using AdwCleaner to remove the adware. This did not work in the slightest. AdwCleaner did not detect the adware virus at all, and thus did nothing about it. I still cannot remove the viruses manually, either. However for some
reason, the adware `svcvmx` & `svcvmx client` processes no longer seem to run (my PC has been on for about an hour, and the processes
have yet to startup). However, even so the files are still on my file system and would like to delete them.

EDIT

I have just searched my registry, looking for any possible signs of tprdpw64 being listed, and there was nothing there.