Endless Paradigm

Is it normal for this many svchost to be running?



Just wondering.....

yes it is but if you want to remove some find my thread on how to maker windows xp faster than ever before to remove some

No my comp is really fast so theres no need but I was just worried...... thanks for the info!!!

im interested ive got the same problem.
i also have another problem there is Iexplore.exe's on the processes but im using firefox ??? they 'borrow' all the memory 100,000k plus

lulz ... i thought it was sCVhost... THEN u should be worried

scvhost is a trojan i think i got from a USB flash

J_G_ Wrote:im interested ive got the same problem.
i also have another problem there is Iexplore.exe's on the processes but im using firefox ??? they 'borrow' all the memory 100,000k plus

what now? explain that a little better please? your using firefox but have the process Iexplore.exe also running? and they are taking 100meg+ of memory? if so just kill the process and if it keeps coming back hit end process tree.. if it still comes back then click start\Run and type msconfig and then go the the startup tab and uncheck everything you don't want to start up then restart the pc... if it still happens you may have a virus or most likely some kind of spyware

thanks but i already did all that i even unistalled IE but them processes are still there

I don't think this is the problem, but I have seen some viruses named SVCHOST.exe. It happens mostly if you have a "kernel.exe" in your boot.ini.

Get something like Process Explorer NT (much better than Task Manager).




Look at the process tree.  All svchost.exe should be under the SYSTEM tree.  Typically, viruses pretending to be svchost don't fall under that tree.  If you find some, double-click them, and Process Explorer NT will show you the path to the EXE - just kill the process and delete/move the EXE.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Get something like Process Explorer NT (much better than Task Manager).




Look at the process tree.  All svchost.exe should be under the SYSTEM tree.  Typically, viruses pretending to be svchost don't fall under that tree.  If you find some, double-click them, and Process Explorer NT will show you the path to the EXE - just kill the process and delete/move the EXE.

Thanks for the tips everyone and thanks alot ZiNgA!!!!!!!