SVCHOST.EXE

[Erik Kellerman]

SVCHOST.EXE sometimes has shown to run almost or at 100%
in the Taskmanager which slows my computer which runs XP
Home Edition almost totally. Termination of this process
results in a 60 second countdown to computer power off.
Is there any special fix i can apply to resolve this
problem?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Erik,

SVCHOST is a legit Windows file. There are also viruses with this name. Do a full system scan [update] and see if it detects any virus.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

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Prevent Spyware from being installed:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Prevent malware from being installed - Part 2:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/MalwareDefence_Example.htm
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SVCHOST.EXE sometimes has shown to run almost or at 100%
in the Taskmanager which slows my computer which runs XP
Home Edition almost totally. Termination of this process
results in a 60 second countdown to computer power off.
Is there any special fix i can apply to resolve this
problem?

 

[David H. Lipman]

Please go to McAfee (http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp) and/or Trend
(http://housecall.antivirus.com ) and perform an online scan of your platform then report
back your results.

In addition:
If you post to UseNet with your TRUE, not a munged, email address then you have invited the
Swen Internet worm [aka; W32/Gibe-F] to visit you.

The Swen is news spelled backwards. The reason it is called this is because the Swen worm
harvests email addresses from UseNet News Groups. It has an engine that allows it to post
itself to UseNet News Groups as well as it has its own email engine. From the list of
email addresses that it has harvested, it will then email itself to those addresses

Dave



| SVCHOST.EXE sometimes has shown to run almost or at 100%
| in the Taskmanager which slows my computer which runs XP
| Home Edition almost totally. Termination of this process
| results in a 60 second countdown to computer power off.
| Is there any special fix i can apply to resolve this
| problem?