sychost

what is sychost exe that is running on my computer

I think you mean svchost.exe. Take a look here for a good description of what
it is and what it does.

http://www.computerhaven.info/svchost.htm

Stu

"amberbootyliscious" wrote:

> what is sychost exe that is running on my computer

"amberbootyliscious" wrote:

> what is sychost exe that is running on my computer

If that is the spelling, then it probably is a computer-virus.

Within Windows Explorer, right-mouse-click on the file, once you find it,
and choose "send to compressed file".

Then, right-mouse-click on the file that was just created,
and choose "send as E-mail" to 'virus(at)ca.com'. (Change '(at)' to '@'.)

You'll get a free(!) half-computerized, half-computer-security-researcher
analysis of the file.

In addition to Stu, and Melvin good advice, just for grins do a search on
your harddrive for svchost.exe. Look for the directories that come up. If any
of the files are in a directory other than System32 or prefetch than this
could be the problem.

For the benefit of the community reading this post, please rate the pºst.

I hope this post is helpful.

Let us know how it works ºut.

Еиçεl
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"amberbootyliscious" wrote:

> what is sychost exe that is running on my computer

Thank you Engel - even better advice Actually, the original post may not
have been a typo, in which case, I have been presumptuous in thinking so.
Take a look here:

http://www.auditmypc.com/process/sychost.asp

BTW. All of my referal URLs have received the MacAfee SiteAdvisor Plus`Green
Seal of Approval`. :-)

Happy holidays to you and you family.

Stu

"Engel" wrote:

> In addition to Stu, and Melvin good advice, just for grins do a search on
> your harddrive for svchost.exe. Look for the directories that come up. If any
> of the files are in a directory other than System32 or prefetch than this
> could be the problem.
>
> For the benefit of the community reading this post, please rate the pºst.
>
> I hope this post is helpful.
>
> Let us know how it works ºut.
>
> Еиçεl
> --
>
> "amberbootyliscious" wrote:
>
> > what is sychost exe that is running on my computer

If you get a copy of Process Explorer from Sysinternals
(www.sysinternals.com), it will show you every sub-process kicked off by
svchost.exe. It can also replace the regular task manager and provides MUCH
more info.

--

Mike Matheny

Views expressed herein do not reflect or represent
my employer in any way.

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