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| 208510 | 2004-01-19 10:11:00 | Hi there, The subject says it all, There are 5 of these things under task manager. Had a look see at a site I found on this forum answersthatwork (http://answersthatwork.com) and they seem to be viruses, have always run AVG and been kept up to date so does anyone have an answer on how to rid ones self of these things invading my computer. thanks dave |
learning (5137) | ||
| 208511 | 2004-01-19 10:30:00 | c:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe is part of windows and should be running. There is a virus that creates c:\windows\svchost.exe which is what you may have running. The windows tasklist doesn't show the path of the program it is hard to tell them apart. If you have this one then its a virus. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 208512 | 2004-01-19 10:32:00 | learning, Well while there may be an argument for svchost to be a trojan carrier/virus launcher... that is not normally the case. SVCHOST.exe is the "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services" and in fact can be {running} any windows program {as a service}, see the MS KB article svchost (support.microsoft.com) You may also wish to visit BlackViper.com (www.blackviper.com) and follow the tips avaiable there to enable you to limit the number of svchosts you have running on your system however you will always have some of them running with around 3-5 being average. If you do a search on this forum for svchost you will find other information that may be relevant to your case. Cheers, Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 208513 | 2004-01-19 10:33:00 | That is normal to find multiple instances of svchost.exe running under task manager in XP - I have 5 myself with XP Home and I believe that XP Pro normally has 6 running. You can read more here - A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP (support.microsoft.com). |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 208514 | 2004-01-19 12:40:00 | Backdoor's and virus's use SCVHOST.exe for disguise not the system's SVCHOST. the C & V are around the other way. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 208515 | 2004-01-19 21:58:00 | Thanks very much guys for the info on svchost, will now look at the sites mentioned, and can now relax a little. cheers dave |
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