svchost.exe - Possible Virus?

[Guest Bob Pearce - Australia]

Can svchost.exe be a virus? I have it only recently running several

instances at once sometimes using 50% of CPU power. My CA Vet virus checker

nor spybot S&D report any problem, please assist! Thanks.

[Guest Malke]

Re: svchost.exe - Possible Virus?

 

Bob Pearce - Australia wrote:

> Can svchost.exe be a virus? I have it only recently running several

> instances at once sometimes using 50% of CPU power. My CA Vet virus

> checker nor spybot S&D report any problem, please assist! Thanks.

 

It is common for multiple versions of svchost.exe to be running. See:

 

Svchost.exe in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056/EN-US/

and

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm

 

Malke

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[Guest JS]

Re: svchost.exe - Possible Virus?

 

From Ramesh's web site: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm

Also: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

 

To find out more about Svchost.exe entries try Process Explorer:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

 

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:

In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower

Pane' options.

(This will provide some of the detailed info you may need)

Expand the Process tree until 'Services.exe' has been expanded.

Next move the mouse cursor over the Svchost.exe process that you are

interested in.

Or expand the Svchost entry if you see a + sign to the left of Svchost

entry.

(You should now see a pop up with a list of services associated with the

Svchost.exe you chose)

Next double click on the Svchost.exe process that you are interested in.

The 'Properties' Window should now be displayed with numerous tabs

available.

 

JS

 

"Bob Pearce - Australia" <bob(nospam)@justmail.biz> wrote in message

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> Can svchost.exe be a virus? I have it only recently running several

> instances at once sometimes using 50% of CPU power. My CA Vet virus

> checker nor spybot S&D report any problem, please assist! Thanks.

>

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: svchost.exe - Possible Virus?

 

From: "Bob Pearce - Australia" <bob(nospam)@justmail.biz>

 

| Can svchost.exe be a virus? I have it only recently running several

| instances at once sometimes using 50% of CPU power. My CA Vet virus checker

| nor spybot S&D report any problem, please assist! Thanks.

 

 

It is NOT important how many instances of SVCHOST.EXE are running but WHERE they are

running from !

 

Please review the thread ""svchost.exe" appears several times in the Windows Task

Manager."

Started: Wednesday, May 14

 

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[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: svchost.exe - Possible Virus?

 

See this discussion: http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33281

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Bob Pearce - Australia wrote:

> Can svchost.exe be a virus? I have it only recently running several

> instances at once sometimes using 50% of CPU power. My CA Vet virus

> checker

> nor spybot S&D report any problem, please assist! Thanks.

[Guest Mike Baudoux]

Re: svchost.exe - Possible Virus?

 

i just got done dealling with this bugger reformatted 2 times and i traced

it too Roxio after sp3 installed

 

I uninstall roxio cd burning software but windows uses roxio for its cd

burning software and the cpu usage went away

 

hopes this helps

 

mike

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message

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> From: "Bob Pearce - Australia" <bob(nospam)@justmail.biz>

>

> | Can svchost.exe be a virus? I have it only recently running several

> | instances at once sometimes using 50% of CPU power. My CA Vet virus

> checker

> | nor spybot S&D report any problem, please assist! Thanks.

>

>

> It is NOT important how many instances of SVCHOST.EXE are running but

> WHERE they are

> running from !

>

> Please review the thread ""svchost.exe" appears several times in the

> Windows Task

> Manager."

> Started: Wednesday, May 14

>

> --

> Dave

> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

>

>

[Guest Twayne]

Re: svchost.exe - Possible Virus?

 

> Can svchost.exe be a virus? Yes. But not necessarily; it just "can"

> be.

 

I have it only recently running several

> instances at once sometimes using 50% of CPU power.

 

50% isn't "power", it's cpu Time. e.g. half the time it's running that

svchost. Depending on what the computer is doing, and when, and what

background tasks are running and a few other things, this could be

normal. It could be doing anything from background defrags to indexing

to ... all kinds of things and stop the second you do something on the

computer that needs that time.

You could have multiple svchost.exe's running; at the moment, I have

6 of them running.

 

My CA Vet virus

> checker nor spybot S&D report any problem, please assist! Thanks.

 

YOu're probably OK.

 

WHY do you ask? Is the system having any problems?

 

HTH