svchost.exe and ashWeb.exe

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How many copies of those programs should be running?
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svchost.exe - as many as are needed to get the network operational (about 6
or 7).
ashWeb.exe - never heard of it

Jim
 
svchost.exe is a 'host' process that starts various other services and
processes.

For instance; if you open a 'Command Prompt' window (dos - box) and type :

TaskList /SVC

....at the prompt, you will see that the instances of svchost.exe are broken
down into the services and processes that svchost.exe has started on your
machine.

One may be "RpcSs" that is; the Remote Procedure Call service.....


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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
How many copies of those programs should be running?
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To understand svchost a bit, open a command prompt window and type

tasklist /svc

That will show what things are running "inside" each svchost.

AshWeb might be part of Avast. Check your Avast package and see
if the executable for that is there. If it appears legitimate,
you'd have to ask in an Avast forum, as to how many of them
would be appropriate.

Paul
 
From Ramesh's web site: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm
Also: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

To find out more about Svchost.exe entries try Process Explorer:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check the:
'Show Process Tree' and the 'Show Lower Pane' options.
Move your mouse cursor over any column in the right hand pane and
right click and check the following boxes:
'Command Line' and 'Version'.
(This will provide some of the detailed info you may need)

Next expand the Process tree until 'Services.exe' has been expanded.
Next move the mouse cursor over the Svchost.exe process that you are
interested in. (You should now see a pop up with a list of services
associated with the Svchost.exe you selected)

Note: some Svchost entries may need to be expanded to show the
detail (sub processes), in this case click on the + located to the left of
the entry. Explorer and System/Services also need to be expanded.

Next double click on the Svchost.exe process that you are interested in.
The 'Properties' Window should now be displayed with numerous tabs.
(Two important tabs to look at are: Services and Environment)

Searching for web based information about a process:
Then mouse over the specific process that's you are interested in.
Next click on that process to highlight it,
Now that it's highlighted, right click and from the options listed select:
Search Online
This should display what out there on the web about that process.

As mentioned before: You can also double click on any process
to open up a more detailed 'Properties' window.

Another tool to try is: What's Running
http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx
 
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