K Kevin Scott Dec 20, 2003 #1 Scvhost has recently started tripping my firewall (Norton). What does this do and why would it need internet access? TIA
Scvhost has recently started tripping my firewall (Norton). What does this do and why would it need internet access? TIA
D dev Dec 20, 2003 #2 Kevin Scott said: Scvhost has recently started tripping my firewall (Norton). What does this do and why would it need internet access? Click to expand... http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/svchost/
Kevin Scott said: Scvhost has recently started tripping my firewall (Norton). What does this do and why would it need internet access? Click to expand... http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/svchost/
D David Bartosik - MS MVP Dec 20, 2003 #3 refer to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q250320& and also http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=svc&count=&type=
refer to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q250320& and also http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=svc&count=&type=
R Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers Dec 20, 2003 #4 Hi Kevin, If you spelled it correctly, scvhost.exe, then you are infected with the agobot virus: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobott.html You will need to update your antivirus software and remove the bugger (requires some manual recovery steps). If you misspelled the file and actually meant svchost.exe, then refer to the links provided by David. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
Hi Kevin, If you spelled it correctly, scvhost.exe, then you are infected with the agobot virus: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobott.html You will need to update your antivirus software and remove the bugger (requires some manual recovery steps). If you misspelled the file and actually meant svchost.exe, then refer to the links provided by David. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
D David Lewis Dec 20, 2003 #5 Kevin said: Scvhost has recently started tripping my firewall (Norton). What does this do and why would it need internet access? Click to expand... See Removal tool http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html for more information. Also my thread with Doug Knox MVP in windowsxp.security_admin David
Kevin said: Scvhost has recently started tripping my firewall (Norton). What does this do and why would it need internet access? Click to expand... See Removal tool http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html for more information. Also my thread with Doug Knox MVP in windowsxp.security_admin David
F Floyd Adams Dec 21, 2003 #6 Kevin said: Scvhost has recently started tripping my firewall (Norton). What does this do and why would it need internet access? TIA Click to expand... My understanding is that if you do a search for SVCHOST, and when you find it the file is in all CAPS, that it is a virus. Floyd Adams
Kevin said: Scvhost has recently started tripping my firewall (Norton). What does this do and why would it need internet access? TIA Click to expand... My understanding is that if you do a search for SVCHOST, and when you find it the file is in all CAPS, that it is a virus. Floyd Adams
