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Dismhost exe in Temp folder

I keep seeing that a random folder appearing in my Temp folder, folder name is very random with words and mixed numbers. Inside, there is a certain exe named "Dismhost" this pops up almost like every two days or so. Is this normal? I already scanned my computer with Malwarebytes with hidden files enabled, found nothing. I always delete that random folder but it keep coming back.

Win10 64 professional 1803

Dismhost exe have "Microsoft Windows" sha1 and sha256 digital signature that signed in april 2018

Any way to stop this from happening?

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Hi Pagefile'sys,

I have seen this before, it seems to be caused by Windows Defender not being able to run a scheduled scan

You should manually perform a scan with Windows Defender, which should resolve this for you . . .
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Last updated February 26, 2024 Views 16,605 Applies to: