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multiple instance or services of svchost.exe
Today under Windows Task Manager/ Processes/ I saw too many svchost.exe
listed although I m aware of the fact that it is an integral part of Windows OS and in normal conditions multiple instances of Svchost.exe run at the same time. On the other hand svchost.exe is also a virus, spyware, trojan or worm. But today I found more than 7 instance of this service and that too I noticed after a removal of autorun.inf worm. I am bit little worried about it .. Can somebody explain and help me in finding out which is the genuine one… Plz Help? Thanx atul |
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multiple instance or services of svchost.exe
How do you know you have too many instances of svchost.exe? How many do
you think you should have? Either your machine is 100% clean of infection or it is not. If your machine is 100% clean then you should be enjoying your computer instead of counting how many instances of svchost.exe you have. If you're not sure whether your machine is 100% clean, then as Captain Picard would say, "make it so" --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est "A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp Atul Verma wrote: Today under Windows Task Manager/ Processes/ I saw too many svchost.exe listed although I m aware of the fact that it is an integral part of Windows OS and in normal conditions multiple instances of Svchost.exe run at the same time. On the other hand svchost.exe is also a virus, spyware, trojan or worm. But today I found more than 7 instance of this service and that too I noticed after a removal of autorun.inf worm. I am bit little worried about it . Can somebody explain and help me in finding out which is the genuine one… Plz Help? Thanx atul |
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multiple instance or services of svchost.exe
"Atul Verma" wrote in message ... Today under Windows Task Manager/ Processes/ I saw too many svchost.exe listed although I m aware of the fact that it is an integral part of Windows OS and in normal conditions multiple instances of Svchost.exe run at the same time. On the other hand svchost.exe is also a virus, spyware, trojan or worm. But today I found more than 7 instance of this service and that too I noticed after a removal of autorun.inf worm. I am bit little worried about it . Can somebody explain and help me in finding out which is the genuine one. Plz Help? Thanx atul Use Process Explorer to get the location of each instance of svchost.exe. If the location is \windows\system32, then the svchost.exe is probably genuine. Anywhere else, it is probably malware. It is rather common to have multiple instances of this program. I. E., multiple processes are invoking svshost.exe to perform separate tasks. My systems usually have 6 instances, but this is by no means an indication that your system is out of the ordinary, But, rather than speculate, what sort of AV scans, etc., have you done? Jim |
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multiple instance or services of svchost.exe
"Atul Verma" wrote: Today under Windows Task Manager/ Processes/ I saw too many svchost.exe listed although I m aware of the fact that it is an integral part of Windows OS and in normal conditions multiple instances of Svchost.exe run at the same time. On the other hand svchost.exe is also a virus, spyware, trojan or worm. But today I found more than 7 instance of this service and that too I noticed after a removal of autorun.inf worm. I am bit little worried about it . Can somebody explain and help me in finding out which is the genuine one… Plz Help? Thanx atul run a thorough scan by doing the following steps: 1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies by doing this: Click Start Control Panel Double click Network and Internet Connections Double click Internet Options. On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs: General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs | Advanced Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies. Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option: [&] Browsing [ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box. Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the culprit and update it or remove it. How to manage Add-Ons: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256 Scan for malware from he SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html http://www.malwarebytes.org/rr-update/rr-free-setup.exe http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/d....htm?s_cid=sah Run a scan from here on-line: http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/d...d=ie&venid=sym http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from he http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html Monitor file system, Registry, process, thread and DLL activity in real-time. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx List all the DLLs that are currently loaded, including where they are loaded and their version numbers. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896656.aspx HTH, nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk |
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multiple instance or services of svchost.exe
My friendly, fellow posters. I am very, very sorry for all the problems that
my stupidity has been causing here. I have been outing, you say?, a dirty, lying REAL TROLL Mick Murphy RT, and his brother, Fake Paul****, Paul (****e) Montgomery, also TROLL. I help people here, not arguing, with the swill of the garbage bins!!! Please, please forgive me for being so silly. Look at the record here. I am up to nearly 500 correct answers for GOLD, then MVP. We still friends, yes? -- HTH, nass ---- http://www.nasstec.co.uk "Atul Verma" wrote: Today under Windows Task Manager/ Processes/ I saw too many svchost.exe listed although I m aware of the fact that it is an integral part of Windows OS and in normal conditions multiple instances of Svchost.exe run at the same time. On the other hand svchost.exe is also a virus, spyware, trojan or worm. But today I found more than 7 instance of this service and that too I noticed after a removal of autorun.inf worm. I am bit little worried about it . Can somebody explain and help me in finding out which is the genuine one… Plz Help? Thanx atul |
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multiple instance or services of svchost.exe
My friendly, fellow posters. I am very, very sorry for all the problems that
my stupidity has been causing here. I have been outing, you say?, a dirty, lying REAL TROLL Mick Murphy RT, and his brother, Fake Paul****, Paul (****e) Montgomery, also TROLL. I help people here, not arguing, with the swill of the garbage bins!!! Please, please forgive me for being so silly. Look at the record here. I am up to nearly 500 correct answers for GOLD, then MVP. We still friends, yes? -- HTH, nass ---- http://www.nasstec.co.uk "Atul Verma" wrote: Today under Windows Task Manager/ Processes/ I saw too many svchost.exe listed although I m aware of the fact that it is an integral part of Windows OS and in normal conditions multiple instances of Svchost.exe run at the same time. On the other hand svchost.exe is also a virus, spyware, trojan or worm. But today I found more than 7 instance of this service and that too I noticed after a removal of autorun.inf worm. I am bit little worried about it . Can somebody explain and help me in finding out which is the genuine one… Plz Help? Thanx atul |
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