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KHost.exe file information

The process Secure Delivery Plug-In or Delivery Manager or instal belongs to the software Delivery Manager or Secure Delivery Plug-In or KHost.exe or Sky by broadband or OMN or 4oD or AOL HI-Q Video or KHost.exe" -all or Sky Anytime or BBC iPlayer Library or setu or BBC iPlayer Download Manager or Microsoft Office Home and by Kontiki Inc (www.kontiki.com) or Kontiki, Inc or Channel 4 Television Corporation and 4 Ventures Limited or setu.

Description: File KHost.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows (mostly c:\windows\kdx\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 2,236,416 bytes (61% of all occurrence), 1,757,184 bytes, 2,260,992 bytes, 2,600,960 bytes, 2,605,056 bytes, 1,728,512 bytes, 2,199,552 bytes, 2,242,120 bytes, 1,761,280 bytes.
It is not a Windows system file. Program is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). KHost.exe is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. The program is not visible. KHost.exe is able to connect to Internet, record inputs, monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 52% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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If KHost.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" then the security rating is 11% dangerous. File size is 1,040,832 bytes (33% of all occurrence), 1,032,376 bytes, 1,032,640 bytes, 1,033,800 bytes, 1,364,480 bytes. KHost.exe is not a Windows system file. It is a Verisign signed file. The file has a digital Signature. Program starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The process can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. KHost.exe is able to connect to Internet, record inputs, monitor applications.

External information from Paul Collins:

• "kdx" is not required to run at start up. KonTiki Secure Delivery Plug In related. "The Kontiki Delivery Management System (DMS) is a secure delivery network for distribution of video, software, audio, documents, and other digital media. The Kontiki DMS enables enterprises to efficiently publish, secure, deliver and track digital media to employees, partners, and customers"

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as KHost.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the KHost.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

I think it came with BBCi player
  Ross m  

Runs for both Channel 4 and BBC iPlayer - stop process in Task Manager causes no probs at all
  Rich  

I found it eating my CPU cycles and slowing everything down. It came bundled with Channel 4 on demand and it's more trouble than it's worth
  John  

bbci uses it for secure data delivery. Totally harmless.
  Alex  

Looks like it also comes with the BBC's iPlayer too.
  Steven SDF Sulley  

Is the multimedia host/service process required by Channel 4 On Demand, BBC iPlayer. Also KService.exe is used.
  Rabi Sultan  

Showed up after install of Hiqvideo for AOL video-- Not sure if its the culprit but my laptop took several minutes to startup or come out of stand by after install.
  o51r15  

it is installed with 4od and allows the tv streamin program to download tv clips for watchin offline at later point. is tottaly pointless as can u acctually start up when you run 4od, so just remove it from the start up
  Sir Python  

Its installed as part of the 4od - Channel 4 On Demand service.
  Welb  

It arrived after I installed Channel4 on demand software
  Gavin  

its part of 4od (channel 4 on demand) - and helps run/use the kservice.exe and khost.exe
  HOOD  

KHost appeared on my PC after I installed 4onDemand, which is software to permit the download of Channel 4 TV programs. I guess it's harmless, but I'll turn it off via MSconfig until I need to download from CH4.
  Mike H  

Gets installed with Channel 4's 4OD
  Mike  

It appeared as a result of installing the AOL HI-Q Video Delivery Manager.
  Mike   (further information)

Yep a download connected service as it is also linked to 4OD, an on demand service from Channel 4 in the UK. The one issue users seem to be having is that the 4OD app is not best coded (still beta) and Khost.exe which relates to Kontiki in this instance uses a lot of bandwidth for the downloads.
  Michael   (further information)

It is used by the BBC for their recently launched iplayer for playing and downloading media content. it is located in c:\program files\kontiki\khost.exe, within this folder there is also an "iplayer_live" folder which indicates the usage
  Jonathan Gray   (further information)

Kontiki peer-to-peer software component. Dangerous if you have any broadband caps or a fair use agreement with your ISP.
  Karin in UK  

It's installed with 4OD, channel 4's on demand TV service. I was suspicous at first but can't say it's caused any problems
  Matt  

Used by 4oD - Channel4 on Demand in the UK
  Andrew B   (further information)

It only seemed to appear on my pc since installing Channel 4's "4VOD" video on demand program. I guess that stacks up with similar experiences of Sky broadband and AOL Moviephone etc.
  David W - West Calder, Scotland  

Part of the 4OD service for UK TV On Demand (provided by Channel 4). Same as for Sky TV Broadband content...
  Cy Bones   (further information)

appeared on my system after i downloaded 4od (channel 4 on demand) so i assume its connected to downloading video files
  chang buddha  

Sky Anytime - From what I can see, many legit applications use it to download their files such as games from gamespot.com and movies from Sky. It slows down your computer, but nothing dangerous
  Nick  

4 on demand uses it to download sucure video i don't think its a problem
  Stuart  

Its also part of channel 4 (UK) new download movies/tv programs section, a clone of the Sky version, which I immediately removed when I found out I was being used as a peer to peer server for file distribution without asking my permission prior to installation , underhanded tactics, using my bandwidth to run their service
  Steve  

You can block KHost.exe access to the internet with firewalls such as Zone Alarm
  Nancy  

i have this on my pc and its part of the sky by broadband download package it acts as a p2p service to easy congestion on the sky servers its not a windows file and not dangerous although it does allow others to d/l film files from your pc it also send secure info about your pc to sky wich could be a problem if you have sensative data on your pc so you need to limit where other people can share your files from.
  fubar  

Peer 2 peer secure delivery application bundled with sky by broadband.It`s used to download protected film and video files from sky .com.It also uploads protected files previously downloaded to your computer for distribution to other user of the service.It`s supposed to be secure and doesn`t allow access to other parts of your computer but i would be wary for now.
  Davy W  

Its "Open Media Network" delivery manager by Kontiki
  Rupert   (further information)

Gamespot Secure delivery
   

causes video card to switch to 640 x 480 on boot up
  John  

Its in the folder that was put on my computer when I installed MoviePhone which I got thru AOL. MoviePhone uses it for secure plug and play for movie trailers. Unfortunately there's no uninstall for it in Add and Remove nor is there one in the folder. I went to the link below and found out its cleverly named Secure Delivery Plug-In. Good luck
  Mike   (further information)

it is connected with Download.com and the Secure Download feature. By shutting down Secure Download, KHost.exe terminated itself.
  mky in maynard  

khost.exe is a secure data delivery application by Kontiki Inc. which delivers data such as images and files to secure servers for sharing. Installed with Gamespot.com Secure Delivery
  Charter Guy  

moviephone uses this as part of downloading previews
  max singer  

it slow downs ur pc and u will not be able to access many applications
  Eric  

It`s part of Gamespot DLX, it runs in the background and speeds up game downloads by using a peer networking. It hasn`t alerted Ad-Aware Se or Spybot S&D (spyware detection tools)
  Dan   (further information)

I tried to get GameSpot dlx Secure Delivery, used task manager to shut it down, message said khost.exe is not responding. I went into end processes and shut it down, and gamespot shut down. It is used for that program. It is a pain.
  Scott in Minnesota  

I believe it to be a GameSpot DLX Secure Delivery file
  Mc El Dillorin  

Appears to be benign - but it is still on my suspect list
  Ande Anderson   (further information)

I think it has to do with Download.com and the Secure Download feature
  Matt   (further information)

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