Help! What is running in my svchost?

[BrickMorTar]

Can someone help me with resource management? This thing about svchost is
over my head.

I looked at my running process and focused on the svchost's. While other
svchost run around 4000k, one svchost stands out at a whopping 20,000k.

Using TaskList, I see that it runs multiple things and is why it's so large,
but I am not sure I need all this. I can't make sense of what it is. I can't
even tell if some of it is malware or viruses. I run a lot of anti-malware
and anti-virus programs but still worry. Can someone comment on these and
tell what they are and if I can do without some of them to save resources?

This is what the suspicious svchost is running...

AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc, Dhcp, EventSystem,
FastUserSwitchingCompatibility, helpsvc, HidServ, lanmanserver,
lanmanworkstation, Netman, Nla, RasMan, Schedule, seclogon, SENS,
SharedAccess, ShellHWDetection, srservice, TapiSrv, Themes, TrkWks, W32Time,
winmgmt, wscsvc, wuauserv, WZCSVC


Thanks a bunch. Specs below...

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Dimension 8100
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 0 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~1483 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A09, 10/2/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 225.27 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following article:

"A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314056

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Alex Nichol]

I looked at my running process and focused on the svchost's. While other
svchost run around 4000k, one svchost stands out at a whopping 20,000k.

Using TaskList, I see that it runs multiple things and is why it's so large,
but I am not sure I need all this. I can't make sense of what it is. I can't
even tell if some of it is malware or viruses. I run a lot of anti-malware
and anti-virus programs but still worry. Can someone comment on these and
tell what they are and if I can do without some of them to save resources?

This is what the suspicious svchost is running...

AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc, Dhcp, EventSystem,
FastUserSwitchingCompatibility, helpsvc, HidServ, lanmanserver,
lanmanworkstation, Netman, Nla, RasMan, Schedule, seclogon, SENS,
SharedAccess, ShellHWDetection, srservice, TapiSrv, Themes, TrkWks, W32Time,
winmgmt, wscsvc, wuauserv, WZCSVC

Svchost is the interface for a whole slew of services, loaded in groups
as called for. I don't see anything abnormal in that lot

 

[Plato]

I looked at my running process and focused on the svchost's. While other
svchost run around 4000k, one svchost stands out at a whopping 20,000k.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/160.htm#2