SVCHOST vulnerability OR BUG?

[Sergei]

Trouble description:

After connecting to dial-up modem internet (PPP),
(and when using Iexplorer), the system window
pops up with message about svchost service. It says that
svchost commited an illegal instruction and will be closed.
After that the connection tray icon becomes inactive...

Could it be a kind of buffer overflow or just a local bug?

Only native drivers in system (windows just installed)

 

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

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

It sounds like a buffer overflow vulberability, as exploited by the Blaster
worm.

Regards

Oli

 

[Curtis Clay III [MSFT]]

Hello Serfei,
We will need the exact error message. This may not be a bug or
vulnerability. Check you event logs also for more information when the
error occurs. Also does your system have all the latest Service Packs and
patches installed?

Check the Windows Update site to be sure.

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