SVCHOST.EXE Why so many?

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superberri4

Ok, my computer is pretty slow (400mHz and 192mb RAM) and i
did read the other posts on how the amount of RAM i have is
really not good. Anyways, i noticed a while ago i have like
5 SVCHOST.EXEs running. Does anyone know why i have the
exact same thing running 5 times?
 
Ok, my computer is pretty slow (400mHz and 192mb RAM) and i
did read the other posts on how the amount of RAM i have is
really not good. Anyways, i noticed a while ago i have like
5 SVCHOST.EXEs running. Does anyone know why i have the
exact same thing running 5 times?
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That's normal. Here's a Microsoft article:

A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314056

BTW, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address mining
viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit
safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - never post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Thanks for the munging tip and the performance tip. :D
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Sure. Here's a couple more.

If you want to know more about the many processes running on your computer (and
memory / performance), get Process Explorer (free) from
<http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml>. Provides way more
information than Task Manager. You can look at any process and see what modules
it contains, and who wrote or distributed each module. And graph its memory and
CPU usage.

For a good reference to the many system services (background processes), see
<http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm>. For discussion about most
processes in general (what is each one, what does it do, is it necessary), just
type it in to your favorite search engine. Anything dangerous is probably being
discussed somewhere on the web.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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