svchost.exe
| File Name: | svchost.exe | ||
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| The Svchost.exe process (Generic Host Process for Win32 Services) is an integral part of Windows OS. It cannot be stopped or restarted manually. This process manages system services that run from dynamic link libraries (files with extension .dll). Examples for such system services are: "Automatic Updates", "Windows Firewall", "Plug and Play", "Fax Service", "Windows Themes" and many more. |
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| Because the svchost.exe process is used as a common system process, some malware often uses a process name of "svchost.exe" to disguise itself. Determining the image path of a process, and its invoking command line, can help identify software masquerading in this way, and help locate the actual program file which is running under the assumed process name of "svchost.exe" (MS Windows allows multiple processes to all display the same name). Some malware inject a .dll file into the authentic svchost process, for example Win32/Conficker worm. |
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| It is not recommended to stop or remove the svchost.exe process. If the process svchost.exe uses high cpu resources, it is mostly because the service "Automatic Updates" is downloading some new Windows update. But having a 99% or 100% cpu usage could be caused by downloads due of some hidden malware on your computer. Some malware like the Conficker worm changes the Windows Registry so that svchost loads the malware .dll file. In this case you only see the authentic svchost.exe process in the task manager! Use malware removers to remove this immediately. |
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| Tom |
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| does not delete | |||
| drriquet |
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| i have 1 000 000 svchost.exe processes running !! Ho shit... i'm stupid, it's because 1 000 000 processes running....why my computer is so fat ? | |||
| justin |
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| reports actions that should be prvt. spyware from bigdawgs | |||
| eymard |
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| me aparece varias veces ya la reinicie y la verdad a un persiste el programa de verdad necesito elimirar la carpeta y crear una copia de este archivo para evitar los mailware | |||
| [email protected] | 0 0 Report Abuse | ||
| 3 started as third process according to taskmanager and process manager (Gary Utilities) | |||
| Jeremiah 20:11 |
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| GENNESSIS, thank you for your knowledgeable and detailed answer. It sounds like you know a thing or two about how Windows works. XERA, thanks for doing the same in Spanish. EYESOPEN, I agree. Just because these are legitimate groups of services doesn't mean that a rogue service, due to a virus or trojan, can't be hiding in there somewhere. I would submit that if one or more of these svchost.exe instances is hogging resources such as memory or processor, it's most likely an infection worth looking into using the information that Gennessis provided. | |||
| ghjghj |
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| it is bad and you need to delete them because they will crash the computer some how. NOW!!!!!!!!! | |||
| sam | 0 0 Report Abuse | ||
| I have about 9 of these listed and they are all showing red at least 1/4 of the bar. WTF do we do with this, you would think MSoft would have fixed this crap by now. next time, Apple. This sucks, Vista sucks, have had tons of problems with freaken vista. | |||
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| Windows seems to have a lot of these for some reason | |||
| Sha |
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| I have 7 svchost.exe it takes 32% of my memory !!!!!! | |||
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