SVCHOST.EXE appears 5 times in Task Manager

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Uncle Joe

P4 CPU, 1 GB RAM, Win XP Home SP2, IE6, OE6

There are five instances of svchost in my task manager list.
Is this legit? If not, what do I do about the situation? TIA.
 
Hello,

That is pefectly normal. Each SVCHOST can host multiple services under each
instance. Windows (or applications) can group services this way so that if
one crashes, it does not crash all services. In addition, consolidating
services to run under one process allows Windows to conserve on resources.

Spyware/Adware/Malware can be run as services through the SVCHOST.

You can see what is running on your computer here:
http://www.fileresearchcenter.com

Nick Skrepetos
SuperAdBlocker.com | SUPERAntiSpyware
http://www.superadblocker.com
 
Thank you for the prompt reply.

Nick Skrepetos (SuperAdBlocker.com) said:
Hello,

That is pefectly normal. Each SVCHOST can host multiple services
under each
instance. Windows (or applications) can group services this way so
that if
one crashes, it does not crash all services. In addition,
consolidating
services to run under one process allows Windows to conserve on
resources.

Spyware/Adware/Malware can be run as services through the SVCHOST.

You can see what is running on your computer here:
http://www.fileresearchcenter.com

Nick Skrepetos
SuperAdBlocker.com | SUPERAntiSpyware
http://www.superadblocker.com
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Uncle said:
There are five instances of svchost in my task manager list.
Is this legit? If not, what do I do about the situation? TIA.
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5 is in the upper case of "normal".

BTW, what exactly is NOT working on your pc?
 
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