hillhost.exe

[rueben]

Hi

This little beast seems to use ALOT of resources, in
certain situations. E.g.Photo Shop.

One my other XP machine, it doesn't appear in the Task
Manager but it does on this machine?

What is it? I think it turned up after killing XP's auto
update?

Thanks Rueben

[Chris Lanier]

do u mean "dllhost.exe"?

Q. What is the dllhost.exe process on my machine that seems to use a lot of
CPU?
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=14355

"rueben" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> This little beast seems to use ALOT of resources, in
> certain situations. E.g.Photo Shop.
>
> One my other XP machine, it doesn't appear in the Task
> Manager but it does on this machine?
>
> What is it? I think it turned up after killing XP's auto
> update?
>
> Thanks Rueben

[Leon]

"rueben" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> This little beast seems to use ALOT of resources, in
> certain situations. E.g.Photo Shop.
>
> One my other XP machine, it doesn't appear in the Task
> Manager but it does on this machine?
>
> What is it? I think it turned up after killing XP's auto
> update?
>
> Thanks Rueben


If you meant dllhost.exe You have a worm.

Go to http://securityresponse.symantec.com/ and run the Free Online Virus
and Security Check

The removal tools for any worms or viruses found are on the same page.

Leon

[Chris Lanier]

dllhost.exe is not a virus itself. This is a valid Windows file, but it can
contain a virus.

"Leon" > wrote in message
...
> "rueben" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi
> >
> > This little beast seems to use ALOT of resources, in
> > certain situations. E.g.Photo Shop.
> >
> > One my other XP machine, it doesn't appear in the Task
> > Manager but it does on this machine?
> >
> > What is it? I think it turned up after killing XP's auto
> > update?
> >
> > Thanks Rueben
>
>
> If you meant dllhost.exe You have a worm.
>
> Go to http://securityresponse.symantec.com/ and run the Free Online Virus
> and Security Check
>
> The removal tools for any worms or viruses found are on the same page.
>
> Leon
>
>
>

[Leon]

"Chris Lanier" > wrote in message
...
> dllhost.exe is not a virus itself. This is a valid Windows file, but it
can
> contain a virus.
>
The same is true for the svchost.dll this worm puts on the machine.

Leon