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Am I infected
timestar
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Found a process called WudHost.exe running on my laptop (Win XP SP3). Having searched apparently it can be a Trojan downloader. I did a scan with Malware Bytes which came up clean. Should I be worried? Thanks. My laptop also have Esett Smart Security running.
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Do you play FIFA with your laptop?
Still on XP? Perhaps time to update? Brand name and model number?0 -
Don't play FIFA or indeed any games. Why do you need the brand/serial number?0
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Packard Bell EasyNote0
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Can number really be that difficult?0
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wudhost.exe , or wudfhost.exe?
The latter is a legitimate MS file - Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process.
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/b557ec9efd33612bafe01ffd304b50efb8c3c19763470560da950b5ab4a9ac9c/analysis/
Found in C:\Windows\System320
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