What is the purpose of Svchost?

[Chris Cantlon]

Norton Security picks this up as accessing the net. What
is the purpose of it? Is it a tracker in XP of some kind?

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Norton Security picks this up as accessing the net. What
is the purpose of it? Is it a tracker in XP of some kind?

Hi

Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from
dynamic-link libraries (DLLs)

Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314056

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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

Do you have WinXP configured to automatically check for updates,
and how often? Do you have WinXP configured to synchronize its system
time with an atomic clock, and how often? Both of these activities,
and others, would require Internet access.


Bruce Chambers

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