svchost.exe error

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Hi,

I am having this recurring problem on a Windows 2000 Adv Server with SP4, it
reports a svchost.exe error stating a memory exception. I suspect it is a
bug or virus, can anyone help please.

Below is the message displayed;

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svchost.exe - Application Error
"The instruction at "0x77d3a147" referenced memory at "0xa4c2cdf4". The
memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program
 
JP said:
I am having this recurring problem on a Windows 2000 Adv Server with SP4, it
reports a svchost.exe error stating a memory exception. I suspect it is a
bug or virus, can anyone help please.
Click to expand...

The message suggests a programming error -- a program is trying to
reference
memory that it shouldn't be, which means an illegal value got used as a
pointer to memory.

Unfortunately svchost.exe is a program that just runs other programs, so
to find out what actually
is to blame you need to know what svchost.exe was running when it crashed.

Bottom line: it's more likely to be a bug than a virus.
 
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