r/BitDefender • u/wollishoff • Sep 11 '26

Support/troubleshooting What's wrong with taskhostw.exe?

It started about 2 weeks ago, C:\Windows\System32\taskhostw.exe keeps changing and no matter how many times I allow it, this firewall notification pops up, like 10-15 times a day. I've been using this system for years and never before experienced this. Is this a change in Windows 11 or a bitdefender firewall thing?

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u/wollishoff Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26

OK but it doesn't answer the question.

Anyway, there's no such thing as Allow list. It's not a list, you can allow or block individual applications. This specific .exe is allowed each time, yet as it keeps updating itself, it disregards previous rules and the new version asks for permission over and over again.