RvW 6 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Everyday I get a notification saying taskhostw.exe wants to access my webcam. I block it but it comes back every day. Is taskhostw.exe safe or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 3,878 Posted September 28, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 28, 2018 This was already discussed here: https://forum.eset.com/topic/16852-smart-security-premium-webcam-access-notifications/ To prevent duplicate topics on a subject, we'll draw this one to a close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvW 6 Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 Not sure this is the same, @Marcos. This thread is about taskhostw.exe and your thread is about devicecensus.exe, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Valued Members Nightowl 125 Posted October 3, 2018 Most Valued Members Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, RvW said: Not sure this is the same, @Marcos. This thread is about taskhostw.exe and your thread is about devicecensus.exe, no? Is taskhostw.exe a virus? No, it is not. The true taskhostw.exe file is a safe Microsoft Windows system process, called "Host Process for Windows Tasks". However, writers of malware programs, such as viruses, worms, and Trojans deliberately give their processes the same file name to escape detection. Viruses with the same file name are such as Trojan.Gen (detected by Symantec), and UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic (detected by Kaspersky). Give your PC a scan incase to make sure that this is no virus/trojan trying to get access Edited October 3, 2018 by Rami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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