svchost.exe terminates

[marlane]

svchost.exe keeps terminating while working. then the rpc
server, whatever that is, is unavailable. when this
svchost terminates, I cannot access find file and other
windows operations. Should I download the service pack 4,
upgrade to windows XP or just shoot the damn computer once
and for all.

 

[Jennifer H.]

Well, your not the only one haveing problems with
svchost.exe!!! except mine doesnt terminate, it just makes
my computer very iffy as to what pages it loads, and i
cant copy something from the internet and paste it in
microsoft word. I have no idea what to do. i have a virus
program on my computer and it said that i dont have a
virus, so i dont know what it could be. Right now im
opting to shoot the computer!

 

[Ken Briscoe]

Well, your not the only one haveing problems with
svchost.exe!!! except mine doesnt terminate, it just makes
my computer very iffy as to what pages it loads, and i
cant copy something from the internet and paste it in
microsoft word. I have no idea what to do. i have a virus
program on my computer and it said that i dont have a
virus, so i dont know what it could be. Right now im
opting to shoot the computer!

You both have the blaster worm. Update your anti-virus software and make
sure it runs constantly. Get a firewall. www.zonelabs.com has a free one
that does a more than adequate job. and get rid of msblast.exe from your
computer.

KB

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

svchost.exe keeps terminating while working. then the rpc
server, whatever that is, is unavailable. when this
svchost terminates, I cannot access find file and other
windows operations. Should I download the service pack 4,
upgrade to windows XP or just shoot the damn computer once
and for all.

try the follow command from a CMD prompt

netstat -an | findstr 135

If you see alot of connections going to internet IP addresses
then it's a good chance you have the virus/worm.


http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp


http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/msblast.shtml

although the removal tool link is incorrect ... it should be

ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/F-Lovsan.zip