Should I really have this many...

[Guest]

When I open the task manager, and click processes to see what is using a lot
of memory on my computer, I find that I have 6 svchost.exe running. Is this
normal?
I don't know what svchost does on the computer, so I do not know if 5 of
them are viruses, or if 6 is normal. Thnx in advance.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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

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| When I open the task manager, and click processes to see what is using a lot
| of memory on my computer, I find that I have 6 svchost.exe running. Is this
| normal?
| I don't know what svchost does on the computer, so I do not know if 5 of
| them are viruses, or if 6 is normal. Thnx in advance.


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[Rock]

When I open the task manager, and click processes to see what is using a lot
of memory on my computer, I find that I have 6 svchost.exe running. Is this
normal?
I don't know what svchost does on the computer, so I do not know if 5 of
them are viruses, or if 6 is normal. Thnx in advance.

Having mutliple instances of svchost.exe running is normal. See this
link for information on svchost.exe:

A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314056

 

[Richard Urban]

It's normal. I currently have 7 running. Not to worry!

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