svchost.exe, how many do I need?

[Nisse PowerMan]

How many svchost.exe should be running?

What is the use of it?

/Nisse

 

[Snarky Parker]

Description of Svchost.exe in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=250320

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Nisse PowerMan" <[email protected]>

| How many svchost.exe should be running?
|
| What is the use of it?
|
| /Nisse
|
| --
| Remove the obvious part before replying by mail please!

It is normal to see multiple instances. 4 or 5 is not uncommon.

SVCHOST is the Daemon of Daemons, the Server of Services.

However, many forms of malware both viral and non-viral in nature also use the name
SVCHOST.EXE. So to be sure it is not a matter of how many instances are running but where
they are being executed from.

If they are NOT being executed from;

%windir%\system32\svchost.exe

Then the possibility of malware is "high".

 

[Nisse PowerMan]

From: "Nisse PowerMan" <[email protected]>

| How many svchost.exe should be running?
|
| What is the use of it?
|
| /Nisse
|
| --
| Remove the obvious part before replying by mail please!

It is normal to see multiple instances. 4 or 5 is not uncommon.

SVCHOST is the Daemon of Daemons, the Server of Services.

However, many forms of malware both viral and non-viral in nature also use the name
SVCHOST.EXE. So to be sure it is not a matter of how many instances are running but where
they are being executed from.

If they are NOT being executed from;

%windir%\system32\svchost.exe

Then the possibility of malware is "high".

OK, thanks both of yah.

/Nisse