svchost.exe error

[JP]

Hi,

I am having this recurring problem on a Windows 2000 Adv Server with SP4, it
reports a svchost.exe error stating a memory exception. I suspect it is a
bug or virus, can anyone help please.

Below is the message displayed;

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svchost.exe - Application Error
"The instruction at "0x77d3a147" referenced memory at "0xa4c2cdf4". The
memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program

 

[Adam Wood]

I am having this recurring problem on a Windows 2000 Adv Server with SP4, it
reports a svchost.exe error stating a memory exception. I suspect it is a
bug or virus, can anyone help please.

The message suggests a programming error -- a program is trying to
reference
memory that it shouldn't be, which means an illegal value got used as a
pointer to memory.

Unfortunately svchost.exe is a program that just runs other programs, so
to find out what actually
is to blame you need to know what svchost.exe was running when it crashed.

Bottom line: it's more likely to be a bug than a virus.