Can I remove Backdoor.Bot?

When malwarebytes was running its normal scan it came up with
C:\Users\THOMAS\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchost.exe (Backdoor.Bot)

After googling it I found out irs a backdoor trojan, but also found out windows uses the svchost,exe to run

is it safe for me to remove this without messing up windows?

Thanks

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  • maxtweenie
    maxtweenie Posts: 1,302 Forumite
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    When malwarebytes was running its normal scan it came up with
    C:\Users\THOMAS\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchost.exe (Backdoor.Bot)

    After googling it I found out irs a backdoor trojan, but also found out windows uses the svchost,exe to run

    is it safe for me to remove this without messing up windows?

    Thanks

    Whilst I'm not an expert, I say it is perfectly safe for you to remove the fake svchost.exe file as it is in a completely different place to the real ones.
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Remove it

    Whats the DATABASE version of the malwarebytes scan and was it a QUICK one or a FULL one?
    :idea:
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