Scvhost

[Joel Schoonbaert]

i am haveing troubles with a program that just recently
cam on my computer it is call scvhost i can not find it
anywhere in my computer but when i press ctrl+alt+del i
can see it it has multipul ones like at least 8 does
anyone know what it is and where i can find it and delete
it (if i can) thanks!

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Joel,
It is a important system file and runs various services and i advise you to
leave that file alone as it is. It didnt come from anywhere, it is a default
system file.

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Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows - Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.dts-l.org
http://www.mvps.org

 

[ceedee]

no it most certainly isnt

svchost is a system file and should be there

scvhost is most likely a trojan or virus masquerading as svchost

ceedee

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi,
Please excuse my mis-read. Yes most certainly "scvhost.exe" is a virus (i
had recently got it on my computer). On the other hand, "svchost.exe" is a
system file.

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Anando
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
www.microsoft.com/mvp
www.mvps.org
www.dts-l.org