svchost.exe

[Kolin Tregaskes]

Hello,

What is svchost.exe? I've had this take up 99% of my CPU resources and slow
my machine down to a halt. I see in Task Manager that there are several of
them running in memory.

Kol

 

[Alex Marshall]

A Description of Svchost.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!
'A Description of Svchost.exe'
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056
regards
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

As mentioned, svchost.exe is a valid normal file.

If, however, you misspelled it and it is actually scvhost.exe that you see
in task manager, then you want to read this, as that is a virus:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobots.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone