Windows 10: when i open the task manager and it have 4 console window host

Discus and support when i open the task manager and it have 4 console window host in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; i wonder it's malware? and my cpu usage is 100 percent bc i do full scan my English is not good... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by kongME, May 7, 2024.

  1. KONGME
    kongME Win User

    when i open the task manager and it have 4 console window host


    i wonder it's malware? and my cpu usage is 100 percent bc i do full scan my English is not good

    :)
     
    kongME, May 7, 2024
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  2. DESBEST
    desbest Win User

    Why is there multiple console window host open in the background?

    Why is there multiple console window host open in the background?


    when i open the task manager and it have 4 console window host why-there-multiple-console-window-host-open-background-task-manager-multiple-console-window-host.png


    For those that don't know, it's the command prompt running in the background but without a graphical user interface. Is it being used as an attack vector to run viruses on my computer that bypass the antivirus because the commands are being run by a microsoft file?

    I'm using Windows 10 20H2
     
    desbest, May 7, 2024
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  3. OPPFINNARJOCKE
    OppfinnarJocke Win User
    Open Task Manager in Windows 10


    In tablet mode, long pressing the windows icon in the task bar will pop up (at release) a menu like that in step 4 above. There the Task Manager is available.

    None of the above described ways to open the Task Manager seem to work in tablet mode. Does anyone know? I cannot for my life figure it out, either I'm plain stupid or MS is playing tricks on us...
    Thanks.
     
    OppfinnarJocke, May 7, 2024
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  4. MARCINMROWIEC
    MarcinMrowiec Win User

    when i open the task manager and it have 4 console window host

    Scheduled tasks run with elevated privileges can't access stored Windows credentials

    It seems that after Creators update scheduled tasks run with elevated privileges ('run with highest privileges' option) can't access stored Windows credentials. Is that a bug or an intentional change and is there a recommended workaround?

    Here's one way to reproduce the behaviour:

    • Start Credential Manger and add some Windows share credentials.
    • In a console window type 'cmdkey /list', which should list the added credentials
    • Create a task in a task manager:
      • Trigger: on user logon
      • Action: run cmd.exe
      • Tick the 'run with highest privileges' option
    • Reboot the machine and log in
    • In the console window (let's call it 'console 1') opened from the scheduled task type 'cmdkey /list'. This most likely won't display the credentials added in step 1 and properly listed in step 2. ->
      This looks like a bug
    • Now, without closing 'console 1' open another console window as an administrator (let's call it 'console 2') and type 'cmdkey /list'. This will properly list credentials added in step 1.
    • Switch to 'console 1' and type 'cmdkey /list' again. This time the credentials are listed properly, unlike in step 5. It looks like an access to Windows credentials was somehow 'unlocked' by step 6.
     
    MarcinMrowiec, May 7, 2024
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