How to remove HostAppServiceUpdater.exe

HostAppServiceUpdater.exe

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

HostAppServiceUpdater.exe
Product Name:

Host App Service Updater

Company Name:

SweetLabs, Inc

MD5: 8da79ddd616c6f2449f3336c9dc6c384
Size: 7 MB
First Published: 2019-11-05 04:23:27 (6 years ago)
Latest Published: 2025-12-23 23:01:38 (2 weeks ago)
Status: Adware.SweetIM (on last analysis)
Analysis Date: 2025-12-23 23:01:38 (2 weeks ago)
Signed By: SweetLabs Inc.
Status: Valid
%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
%localappdata%\host app service
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Windows 10 100.0%
Subsystem: Windows GUI
PE Type: pe
OS Bitness: 64
Image Base: 0x0000000140000000
Entry Address: 0x00197c54

PE Sections:

Name Size of data MD5
.text 5161472 ed186e1242c2b3fb5526c49ba2566f55
.rdata 1304064 480b7364a0707bd1bbe8997d6c41c91b
.data 385024 6d8066994172e04e89fbe809542e7b52
.pdata 271360 4daa2bdc0039ba826ad333c248a73a88
.rsrc 278528 82a8066165adbc83aeb50307c41ce094
.reloc 33280 48715a74f7852875aa008e1bb7cd6d9f

More information:

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