How to remove HostAppService.exe

HostAppService.exe

The module HostAppService.exe has been detected as Adware.SweetIM

HostAppService.exe
Product Name:

Host App Service

Company Name:

SweetLabs, Inc

MD5: ced2fc9b421e9ead8ec21e9df18007ef
Size: 6 MB
First Published: 2019-11-05 04:18:30 (6 years ago)
Latest Published: 2025-12-23 23:01:38 (3 days ago)
Status: Adware.SweetIM (on last analysis)
Analysis Date: 2025-12-23 23:01:38 (3 days ago)
Signed By: SweetLabs Inc.
Status: Valid
%localappdata%\host app service
%localappdata%\host app service
%localappdata%\host app service
%localappdata%\host app service
%windir%\serviceprofiles\ghostery-midnight-proxy\appdata\local\host app service
%localappdata%\host app service
%localappdata%\host app service
%localappdata%\host app service
%localappdata%\host app service
%localappdata%\host app service
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Windows 10 100.0%
Subsystem: Windows GUI
PE Type: pe
OS Bitness: 32
Image Base: 0x00400000
Entry Address: 0x0021799a

PE Sections:

Name Size of data MD5
.text 4861440 09b448975751ea38982c7cc903d2b30e
.rdata 937472 ff7f9483bce1c9aedd00e5645c6580e3
.data 88064 a0d1fdd0e1fffb81bfc59b8ac342ef21
.rsrc 1160192 73d127d4aa78880810f63c092cfa7cf4
.reloc 218112 93be1312e9fb5a5531c1897e5433d82d

More information:

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