svchost

[Tom]

Why is "svchost" not identified as a trojan?

 

[Randy Knobloch]

Why is "svchost" not identified as a trojan?

Perhaps because it isn't.
A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314056

Silj

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[Robin Walker [MVP]]

Why is "svchost" not identified as a trojan?

c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe is not a trojan: it is part of the Windows
operating system.

A svchost.exe in another location, and actively running, is very suspect.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Robin - there's a thread in .general - heading "taskbar icons keep
disappearing--that I wonder if you can add something useful to about who
does and does not see the disappearing icons bug? SP Goodman, 4/14/2005