Guest Devonshire Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I am getting desperate here. Symptoms: svchost.exe pops up before i can even log on. Once logged on the svchost error messages are persistent. Opening "My Computer" produces an scvhost.exe error pop up and the flashlight starts searching, maybe it opens in 30-45 seconds. Activating ANY and ALL apps triggers scvhost.exe errors. Any file saving or opening in ANY and ALL apps causes a 30-45 second delay with a svchost.exe error. I have updates all the recomended Windows Update fixes, patches, windows installer, etc. as recommended by Microsoft I purged al cookies, temp files, ie history, etc. I spent maybe 4 hours with Alienware tech support with no resolution. They verified that my hardware is fine (we did EXTENSIVE hardware testing). I spent another 4-5 hours on the phone with Microsoft Tech support to no avail... MS tech support wanted me to unload all of my anti-virus, anti-spyware apps and reboot. I did that and nothing has changed. The System event log reports many DCOM and Service Control Manager errors This is going way beond crazy...I can barely work at all. This is costing me some serious lost revenue for my business... Suggestions? Recommendations? Hire an exorsist? Buy a Mac? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
Guest Kayman Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: svchost.exe is a virus! HELP! "Devonshire" <Devonshire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5C907C2E-ECF3-4922-B50B-2C9DDFD0C454@microsoft.com... >I am getting desperate here. Stay cool and smile :) > Symptoms: > > svchost.exe pops up before i can even log on. Once logged on the svchost > error messages are persistent. > > Opening "My Computer" produces an scvhost.exe error pop up and the > flashlight starts searching, maybe it opens in 30-45 seconds. > > Activating ANY and ALL apps triggers scvhost.exe errors. Any file saving > or > opening in ANY and ALL apps causes a 30-45 second delay with a svchost.exe > error. > > I have updates all the recomended Windows Update fixes, patches, windows > installer, etc. as recommended by Microsoft > > I purged al cookies, temp files, ie history, etc. CCleaner 1.41.544 is doing a great job http://www.ccleaner.com/download If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck "Windows Defender". > I spent maybe 4 hours with Alienware tech support with no resolution. > They > verified that my hardware is fine (we did EXTENSIVE hardware testing). > > I spent another 4-5 hours on the phone with Microsoft Tech support to no > avail... MS tech support wanted me to unload all of my anti-virus, > anti-spyware apps and reboot. I did that and nothing has changed. Which AV/A-S applications are you using and are these updated and current? > The System event log reports many DCOM and Service Control Manager errors > > This is going way beond crazy...I can barely work at all. This is costing > me some serious lost revenue for my business... > > Suggestions? AV & A-S scan in safe mode. Practice Safe-Hex http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html Read this also: So How Did I Get Infected Anyway? http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 > Recommendations? Process Explorer for Windows v10.21 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx Choose one (1) Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic - FREE http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 7.0 - Not Free http://www.kaspersky.com/homeuser ESET NOD32 Antivirus - Not Free http://www.eset.com/ Have you seen these "extra settings for NOD32"? http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=37509 Take 'em all SuperAntispyware - FREE http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html Ad-Aware - FREE http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php Spybot Search & Destroy - FREE http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Windows Defender - FREE http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx If all fails Download David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp To use this utility, perform the following... Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS } Choose; Unzip Choose; Close Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS } NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files. C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC. You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode. When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm Additional Instructions: http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm Good luck :)
Guest Devonshire Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Re: svchost.exe is a virus! HELP! I was being sarcastic when I said that svchost.exe is itself becoming a virus as it's behavior is worse than any virus that i've ever seen. I did another (Long) MS tech support call, the $245 version that figured out that an errant licensing manager was crashing svchost.exe. I did not have an actual virus. I had resident and did spwecial scans with the following programs: Norton AV Ad-Aware 2007 Sprware blaster Spybot search & Destroy Microsoft's One care All came up clean; no viruses. The One care did speed things up a fair amount. My system is operational. there are some software that Ican't install properly. I'm gonna bite the bullet and do a bare metal rebuild, this time Vista x64. "Kayman" wrote: > "Devonshire" <Devonshire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:5C907C2E-ECF3-4922-B50B-2C9DDFD0C454@microsoft.com... > >I am getting desperate here. > > Stay cool and smile :) > > > Symptoms: > > > > svchost.exe pops up before i can even log on. Once logged on the svchost > > error messages are persistent. > > > > Opening "My Computer" produces an scvhost.exe error pop up and the > > flashlight starts searching, maybe it opens in 30-45 seconds. > > > > Activating ANY and ALL apps triggers scvhost.exe errors. Any file saving > > or > > opening in ANY and ALL apps causes a 30-45 second delay with a svchost.exe > > error. > > > > I have updates all the recomended Windows Update fixes, patches, windows > > installer, etc. as recommended by Microsoft > > > > I purged al cookies, temp files, ie history, etc. > > CCleaner 1.41.544 is doing a great job > http://www.ccleaner.com/download > If Windows Defender is utilized go to Applications, under Utilities uncheck > "Windows Defender". > > > I spent maybe 4 hours with Alienware tech support with no resolution. > > They > > verified that my hardware is fine (we did EXTENSIVE hardware testing). > > > > I spent another 4-5 hours on the phone with Microsoft Tech support to no > > avail... MS tech support wanted me to unload all of my anti-virus, > > anti-spyware apps and reboot. I did that and nothing has changed. > > Which AV/A-S applications are you using and are these updated and current? > > > The System event log reports many DCOM and Service Control Manager errors > > > > This is going way beond crazy...I can barely work at all. This is costing > > me some serious lost revenue for my business... > > > > Suggestions? > > AV & A-S scan in safe mode. > > Practice Safe-Hex > http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html > > Read this also: > So How Did I Get Infected Anyway? > http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 > > > Recommendations? > > Process Explorer for Windows v10.21 > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx > > Choose one (1) > Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic - FREE > http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html > > Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 7.0 - Not Free > http://www.kaspersky.com/homeuser > > ESET NOD32 Antivirus - Not Free > http://www.eset.com/ > Have you seen these "extra settings for NOD32"? > http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=37509 > > Take 'em all > SuperAntispyware - FREE > http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html > > Ad-Aware - FREE > http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php > > Spybot Search & Destroy - FREE > http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html > > Windows Defender - FREE > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx > > If all fails > Download David H. Lipman's MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL > http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > > To use this utility, perform the following... > Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS } > Choose; Unzip > Choose; Close > > Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT > { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS } > > NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go > through your FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related > files. > > C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS} > This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in > Normal Mode. This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV > vendor's web site. > The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot > the PC. > > You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or > you can download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have > downloaded the files needed for each scanner you want to use, you should > reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot] and re-run the menu again > and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe Mode. > It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode. > > When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more > comprehensive PDF help file. > http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm > > Additional Instructions: > http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm > > Good luck :) > >
Guest Kayman Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Re: svchost.exe is a virus! HELP! "Devonshire" <Devonshire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E4865B32-2BA1-4BE2-BC01-27FC6837FE33@microsoft.com... >I was being sarcastic when I said that svchost.exe is itself becoming a >virus > as it's behavior is worse than any virus that i've ever seen. > > I did another (Long) MS tech support call, the $245 version that figured > out > that an errant licensing manager was crashing svchost.exe. > > I did not have an actual virus. > > I had resident and did spwecial scans with the following programs: > > Norton AV > Ad-Aware 2007 > Sprware blaster > Spybot search & Destroy > Microsoft's One care > > All came up clean; no viruses. The One care did speed things up a fair > amount. > > My system is operational. there are some software that Ican't install > properly. > > I'm gonna bite the bullet and do a bare metal rebuild, this time Vista > x64. > Alright then, good luck :) Sincerely (not sarcastically), you may wish to review/research the efficiency of some of your AV and A-S application(s) :)
Guest Flex Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 RE: svchost.exe is a virus! HELP! http:\\http://www.spywareinfo.com\xscan.php go here and run "Devonshire" wrote: > I am getting desperate here. > > Symptoms: > > svchost.exe pops up before i can even log on. Once logged on the svchost > error messages are persistent. > > Opening "My Computer" produces an scvhost.exe error pop up and the > flashlight starts searching, maybe it opens in 30-45 seconds. > > Activating ANY and ALL apps triggers scvhost.exe errors. Any file saving or > opening in ANY and ALL apps causes a 30-45 second delay with a svchost.exe > error. > > I have updates all the recomended Windows Update fixes, patches, windows > installer, etc. as recommended by Microsoft > > I purged al cookies, temp files, ie history, etc. > > I spent maybe 4 hours with Alienware tech support with no resolution. They > verified that my hardware is fine (we did EXTENSIVE hardware testing). > > I spent another 4-5 hours on the phone with Microsoft Tech support to no > avail... MS tech support wanted me to unload all of my anti-virus, > anti-spyware apps and reboot. I did that and nothing has changed. > > The System event log reports many DCOM and Service Control Manager errors > > This is going way beond crazy...I can barely work at all. This is costing > me some serious lost revenue for my business... > > Suggestions? Recommendations? Hire an exorsist? Buy a Mac? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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