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• How to: remove svchost.exe PID 1580

  Original title: svchost.exe 1580

  I'm trying to clean (svchost.exe process under xp) because I have svchost.exe PID 1088, svchost.exe PID 1580. They were identified by the process svchost by www.nebure.com Analyzer. Is it possible to find for removel, perhaps in safe mode please?

  It is OK and normal to have several svchost exe processes running.  Important XP Services are actually running under svchost.exe processes. There are sometimes an XP Service that runs under a svchost.exe process, sometimes there are several Services in XP, which runs under a svchost.exe process.  You can have 2, 5 or 8 or 10 races at any time depending on what does your system.

  Sometimes malicious hide behind a svchost.exe process because the malware knows that you won't be able to spot it in the 9 Task Manager hides).  He will hide behind a svchost.exe process to deceive you.

  Malicious software can disguise itself also seems to be a legitimate process of XP or he could hide under/behind other processes that you see running in Task Manager if you can't see the execution.

  If you think one of your svchost.exe process is out of control or run amok, understand that some malware will hide as a process behind one of your several svchost.exe processes.  All what you will see in the Manager of tasks is a svchost.exe process that is out of control.

  If you still think your system may have a malware infection, follow these steps:

  No matter what you use for software malware, detection and removal do this first:

  Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs:

  Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://malwarebytes.org/
  SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

  They can be uninstalled later if you wish.

  If you read this article, you will be smarter than the average bear on what is happening with svchost.exe and understand why it is normal to see several svchost running processes in the Task Manager:

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial129.html

  If you download and run Process Explorer, you'll be able to get a better view of what is really running on your system and what is happening behind these multiple svchost.exe process see you in Manager tasks.

  Here's what looks like my Process Explorer showing several svchost.exe processes:

  http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2567/ProcessExplorer.PNG

  You may be able to get clues with what is happening with your svchost.exe process using the Task Manager and maybe understand.

  You will always be able to understand what is happening with your svchost.exe process if you use Process Explorer.

  Download Process Explorer, so you can see what is 'really' executed on your system, especially behind the multiple svchost process see you in the running task manager.

  Download Process Explorer from here:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  You'll like Process Explorer when you get the hang of it.  Process Explorer is the Manager of Windows taskbar on steroids.

  Process Explorer installs nothing so it won't slow down your system since it works only on request.

  Process Explorer can seem a little intimidating at first because it has so much information, but you will begin to make love the way it works when you're looking for performance problems.   You can even say EP you want it to be your new default 'Task Manager' value in the future.  You can always run the original tasks as Manager.

• How do you remove Trojan horse from the Windows\system\svchost.exe file located?

  How do you remove Trojan horse from the Windows\system\svchost.exe file located? I worked on this problem for 5 days. I've tried everything except wipe the hard drive completely and starting over. Windows xp pro sp3

  I bought a new diagnosis program and quarantined the virus once it has been identified. I tried to remove the virus in several ways, but it comes back. The best way that I thought would work enter safe mode and by changing the attributes of the svchost.exe file and then delete and checked the registry AWI hwo to the Web site, but it continues to be problematic.

  Hello

  During the uninstallation of antivirus/antispyware/security programs always check for an uninstall
  tool and/or removal instructions special to avoid leftovers.

  List of tools to clean/uninstall anti-malware programs
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/protect/Forum/protect_start/list-of-anti-malware-program-cleanupuninstall/407bf6da-C05D-4546-8788-0aa4c25a1f91

  Uninstallers (removal tools) for common antivirus software
  http://KB.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&ID=SOLN146
  ------------------------------

  Here's what I use and recommend: (these are all free and very effective versions.)

  Avast and Prevx proved extremely reliable and compatible with all I have
  launched on them. Microsoft Security Essentials and Prevx have also proven to be very
  reliable and compatible. Use MSE or Avast and Prevx, Prevx 3 but not all.

  Avast Home free - stop any shields is not necessary except leave the file system, Web,.
  Operational network (Script and behavior are also recommended in Ver 6 +).

  Prevx - Home - free

  Windows Firewall

  Windows Defender (is not necessary if you use MSE)

  Protected IE - mode

  IE 8 - SmartScreen filter WE (IE 7 phishing filter)

  I also IE always start with asset if filter InPrivate IE 8.
  (It may temporarily turn off with the little icon to the left of the + bottom
  right of IE)

  Two versions of Avast are available 6.x and 4.8 x

  Avast - home - free - 6.x stop shields you do not use (except files, Web, network, &)
  Shields of behavior) - double click on the icon in the Notification area - real time Orange - click on the
  Shield that you want to stop - STOP. To stop the Orange icon to show an error indicator-
  Click on the Orange icon - top right - settings - click on the status bar - uncheck shields you
  disabled - click OK
  http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

  Avast 4.8 x - home - free - stop shields, you don't need except leaving Standard, Web,.
  and the network running. (Double-click the blue icon - look OK. - upper left - Shields details
  Finish those you don't use).
  http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download#TAB4

  Or use Microsoft Security Essentials - free
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

  Prevx works well alongside MSE or Avast

  Prevx - home - free small, fast, exceptional protection CLOUD, working with other security
  programs. It is a single scanner, VERY EFFICIENT, if it finds something come back here
  or use Google to see how to remove.
  http://www.prevx.com/   <-->
  http://info.prevx.com/downloadcsi.asp?prevx=Y<-->

  Choice of PCmag editor - Prevx-
  http://www.PCMag.com/Article2/0, 2817,2346862,00.asp

  Also get Malwarebytes - free - use as scanner only. If you ever think malware and that
  would be unusual with Avast and occasional Prevx running with the exception of a low level cookie
  (not much), to UPDATE and then run it as a scanner. I have a lot of scanners and they
  never find anything of note that I started to use this configuration.
  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

  I hope this helps and happy holidays!

  Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP<- profile="" -="" windows="" expert="" -="" consumer="" :="" bicycle="" -="" mark="" twain="" said="" it="">

• SVChost.exe cpu issue with XP Pro after removal of Trojan

  My sister recently downloaded a virus on my computer. I removed the Trojan horse and have had problems with SVChost.exe are beginning to eat time CPU. This is usually triggered when I start Firefox. It may be unrelated, but I do not. I did a uninstall/reinstall on Firefox and now it will briefly be blip in the Task Manager process tab, but it disappears almost immediately.

  I service Pack3 on my machine, so I don't think it's the SVChost service Pack3 fixed problem. I ran a repair of XP once I have nuked the Trojan horse. I ran across the virus alarm area scan, adaware, and malwarebytes to make sure that the thing had gone gone gone.

  I did a check on what is in the regedit for svchost, and it has the following:

  default reg_sz

  DcomLaunch REG_MULTI_SZ

  DOT3SVC

  REG_MULTI_SZ

  DOT3SVC reg_multi_sz

  eapsvcs REG_MULTI_SZ

  getPlusHelper REG_MULTI_SZ

  HTTPFilter REG_MULTI_SZ

  imgsvc reg_multi_sz

  LocalService REG_MULTI_SZ

  netsvcs reg_multi_sz

  NetworkService REG_MULTI_SZ

  RPCSS reg_multi_sz

  termsvcs REG_MULTI_SZ

  wudfservicegroup reg_multi_sz

  I did some research, and I don't know where to go next. I think it's a registry issue maybe, or a svchost corrupt, but since I have service pack 3, I don't know if there is something else I can do, especially since the question seems to start when I start Firefox. Don't use not Firefox may be an answer, but I really want to make sure that the problem is resolved so that my computer is not get no more corrupt than it already is.

  I saw in my research programs will supposedly fix your registry database, but they seem to be more malicious sites, so I am wary of downloading something that is not specifically to Microsoft. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what I might want to do next? Everything I've read seems to indicate the problem but not the solution. Thank you for taking the time to watch it!

  Beki

  I think you can still infected?

  Try to run one scan of other suppliers and also if you want you can send me your HijackThis report for analysis on my e-mail address in my BIO profile.

  What the name of the Trojan horse?

  NASS - http://www.nasstec.co.uk

  Thanks Nass and Paulogergo,

  I think that I fixed it. I have re-ran all my antivirus programs and I did forget to empty my cache and temporary files. I clear up the registry and system files. I think that the real culprit was Zone alarm. They have this new feature, called force shield. I didn't know that there was a cache that had to be cleared out. Thus, the register needed to be cleared up, but the problem of Firefox was my firewall program. My machine worked fine for the last half hour with no slow worms down or my sessions of cpu overloaded. I run a defrag during the night to make sure. But it seems that everything is copacetic. Thank you so much both to look at this for me. I have not had a virus in 10 years and I forgot what I didn't.

  Beki

• Error number: 0x80072EFF; Fixes for Win32 and svchost.exe generic

  I'm trying to solve a problem of message and svchost.exe error Genereic Win32 and need to update windows but get an error number: 0x80072EFF, an inability to connect to the server/website updated.  I am running WinXP SP3 on a desktop computer that came pre-installed with Norton in 2005 but has fonctionnee McAfee for at least 3 years now. The firewall is through McAfee.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  I am running WinXP SP3 on a desktop computer that came pre-installed with Norton in 2005 but has fonctionnee McAfee for at least 3 years now. The firewall is through McAfee.

  Assuming that the computer is not infected, the following should solve your problem from Windows Update:

  1. download the Norton Removal Tool, save it to your desktop: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

  1B. download the tool McAfee Consumer Product Removal, save it to your desktop:http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

  2. close all open applications (that is, anything with an icon on the taskbar).

  3. double-click on the file that you saved in # 1 a above, to run the utility. DO TAP not your keyboard until the race ends, then restart.

  4. now make this triple McAfee fix & restart: http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507

  NB: You have already downloaded step 2 remove the fix tool in my # 1 step b above.

  5. now to reset Windows update by...

  How to reset the Windows Update components?
  [Access KB971058 via Internet Explorer only;] Run the difficulty in the default and aggressive modes]
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971058

  6. restart once again & test.

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• Why my svchost.exe process constantly runs at 100% CPU usage?

  Recently, my computer was extremely slow.  I thought that was the cause of a worm or virus but after I used Norton to take care of that my system is still slow right too. When I checked my system process, its display svchost.exe using a massive amount of memory. Therefore, my CPU usage is constantly at 100%.  Is it still the result of a bug? Or do I have to look elsewhere as the source of the problem? Thank you

  It is possible that a recent update of Norton was faulty or caused one conflict with another program on the PC.

  Activity excessive svchost.exe is often linked to one of the following:

  1 resource hog like Norton or McAfee (sad but true)

  2 be linked in Microsoft Update instead of Windows Update

  3. after having been updated for Windows Search 4.0 and its endless reindexing

  4. the presence of malware

  Unless you have uninstalled Norton AND used their removal tool, I doubt you really deleted ALL occurrences of Norton!

  FWIW, I helped a neighbor recently with his performance problem. The culprit in his case was Windws Search 4.0. And since there is no entry in the Control Panel Add / Remove programs to KB940157, I needed to follow the instructions offered by Nepatsfan here:

  http://help.WUGNET.com/Windows/uninstall-Windows-search-Windows-XP-KB940157-ftopict624142.html

• CPU ankles 95-99% stuck on svchost.exe after that Windows update Nov 12 patches to not install

  Automatic update of Windows was put on 'On' on the morning of November 13, 2013, when I received the notice of Microsoft system tray that updates of Windows patches were ready to be installed on my computer (XP sp3, IE8, MSE).

  Updates proceeds to installation with the updated bars before the normal close.

  Updates is apparently blocked at the first update. I let it run for about 15 minutes before I made a hard stop. I thought that maybe I had lost to the Internet because the update seemed stuck on the first and took too much time, it seemed.

  Next start, computer slows almost stopped after a few minutes.

  Guilty is svchost.exe SYSTEM alternating between 95 and 99% of my system resources. I turn it off and computer returned to normal.

  Has done research on the web, stop automatic updates and processor svchost problem disappeared, unless I went to Microsoft updates and svchost.exe Web page re - would seem to consume almost all of the CPU resources while bars update Microsoft constantly scanned my system for the latest upgrades necessary.

  Spending a day to try various fixes posted on the internet. A Microsoft Fixit said that he there had errors in the update and fixed all but one saying registration number was bad (said he couldn't fix that). Despite everything, still the same problem.

  On the same day, an error was unable to update the definitions of virus on MSE, but for some reason, the next day (14) updated crossed.

  Update: some progress: I leave svchost cogitate on the webpage update from Ms. After about 1/2 hour, the updated hotfix list showed. I tried to install it, but not updates managed to install. I am currently re - try, as suggested on the Web page.

  Also tried the command "net stop" method mentioned in several places, as a tool of Malewarebytes Anti-Root running. Nothing.

  Tried the fix for IE8 security as suggested, nothing.

  Tried system restore, but I must have something wrongly configured with it because it was not able to restore any earlier date, I took. Bad luck.

  Never had a big problem with my set-up in all the years I've been running XP sp3, until now.

  Next thing I'll try is Park on the side of Windows Update for an hour or two, with the idea that maybe my processor is in need of more time to digest something.

  I see that others have had this problem, but not necessarily with patch release on November 12.

  UPDATE: some progress, perhaps. 1/2 hour parked page update of Windows, with SVChost churning away, and I got a list of patches. I tried to install, but all of them failed to install. I try a re - install, as suggested.

  Let me propose a summary of how to fix the MSE / Windows Update problem and the svchost problem:

  1st thing to do is to disable the automatic updates window. This will keep your computer against svchost.exe freeze for now.

  2nd, follow the instructions in Xircal to check that you have "BITS" listed in your list of "services". Correct it if not.

  3rd, IE remove it from your list of programs, and then reinstall it, making your first update of the IE rollup, as suggested previously.

  That he "should" do and you can activate the automatic updates on svchost.exe should return to normal. Proceed with the update of Windows and MSE as usual.

• Svchost.exe - k netsvcs constantly download

  I work on a XP Home SP3 computer that constantly downloading using system32\svchost.exe - k netsvcs. It will download as long as the computer is connected. Before realizing the problem, downloading 1.4 GB. I use Netbalancer to observe the process. This is a customers computer.
  Things I've tried:

  > Disable automatic updates of windows. The computer has been updated last week.
  > Scan with Malwarebytes, Security Essentials, MFRT, AVG TDDSkiller in windows and safe mode when possible. AVG found 6 google corrupt toolbar.exe in Temp files. Others do nothing are.
  > Deactivate restore system and rescan with AVG, while the computer is connected.
  > The computer has always had Norton AntiVirus installed. It found and removed 1 virus by setup_lib_srf [1] .exe which contained "Downloader" in 2009.
  > Disabled Background Intelligent Transfer service but netsvcs downloads yet and the BITS service back to automatic after a reboot.
  > Ran svchost.exe fix from Microsoft which is for high processor use but thought it might help.
  > The IP remote netsvcs is in contact with belongs to Akamai Technologies when windows automatic updating is disabled. With the updates automatically on other ip addresses belong to Microsoft.

  I ran Hijackthis if you want as the journal.
  Any help is greatly appreciated.
  Tom

  Hi trg53,

  Your question is more complex than what is generally answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited for the IT Pro TechNet public. Please ask your question in the following forum.

  Windows XP IT Pro category

• Svchost.exe using 99% of my CPU

  Title says it all

  It seems that your system may be achieved a malware.

  Some reading on svchost.exe and how it can be hidden (just read).

  http://www.file.NET/process/Svchost.exe.html

  Sometimes, it may seem that one of your svchost.exe process is out of control with all kinds of CPU and memory, so understand that some malware will hide as a process behind one of your several svchost.exe processes.  Everything you see in the Task Manager is a process that has run amok of svchost.exe.

  The malware knows that you will not be able to find and see it in the Task Manager.  The hopes of malware, it will inspire you to do something drastic as use a Restore Point, perform a repair installation, or even reinstall your XP from scratch when none of this is necessary.

  No matter what you use for software malware, detection and removal do this first:

  Download, install, update and do a quick scan with these free malware detection programs:

  Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
  SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

  They can be uninstalled later if you wish.

  After the scans run clean and a reboot, see what things look like.

• Task Manager Windows has 5 svchost.exe/System cases and 3 instances of YahooWidgets.exe/Owner running in XP SP3

  I did a few recommended lately on the system settings.  I don't remember see these multiple entries above.

  It is normal to have several copies of svchost.exe appears in the Task Manager.  I have 8 right now in the process of execution.

  Important XP Services running "behind" these entries of svchost.exe.  Some svchost.exe process may have just XP Service running behind her, an another svchost.exe process can have several XP Services running behind it.

  In addition, malicious software has been know to dress up like a svchost.exe process to deceive you or sometimes the malware will hide behind a svchost.exe process, because he knows that you won't be able to see it in the Task Manager.

  I don't know what YahooWidgets and do not want to install any YahooWidgets to find out how it works, or if this is normal.

  Thanks to the bad implementation of the MS Answers forums, we know absolutely nothing about your system is always a good idea before troubleshooting to run some respectable scans for malware, then I'll give you some instructions, if you're curious to see what happens behind these multiple svchost.exe process see you in Manager tasks.

  No matter what you use for malware protection, follow these steps:

  Download, install, update, and make at least an analysis full (not at the same time) with these free malware detection programs:
  Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
  SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

  These comprehensive analyses can take some time, but you really need to run.  SAS will probably be just a bunch of Internet tracking cookies, but you can remove them.  Once you have done at least a full analysis, you can do quick scans in the future to save time and save the analyses complete for when you have more time or are really suspicious of an infection of the system.

  They can be uninstalled later if you wish.

  To help understand your processes svchost.exe and what is running under them, read this article and you will be smarter than the average bear:

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial129.html

  You may be able to get clues with what is happening with your svchost.exe process using the Task Manager and maybe understand.

  You will always be able to understand what is happening with your svchost.exe process if you use Process Explorer.

  Download Process Explorer, so you can see what is 'really' running on your system, especially behind those svchosts several process see you in the running task manager.

  Download Process Explorer from here:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  You'll like Process Explorer when you get the hang of it.  Process Explorer is the Manager of Windows taskbar on steroids.

  Process Explorer installs nothing so it won't slow down your system since it works only on request.

  Process Explorer can seem a little intimidating at first because it has so much information, but you will begin to make love the way it works when you're looking for performance problems.   You can even say EP you want it to be your new default 'Task Manager' value in the future.  You can always run the original tasks as Manager.

  Once you get Process Explorer running, expand the columns, made drag the corners of the screen for it's largest, etc., so you can see as much information as possible in the window.  Now you can really see what is running on the system.

• I can't find the fix_svchost.bat file update. The svchost.exe process is spiking the CPU at 100% after the computer crashes.

  Original title: I can't find the fix_svchost.bat file update.

  I'm in you process of having my computer running faster. The svchost.exe process takes 100% of cpu memory and computer dthe freezes. A friend of mine told me a method to solve the problem, but I can't find the fix_svchost.bat update. I went to microsoft update center and don't find any results at all, and I don't know another place to look for. I think that the update does not even exist.

  I could send you a fix_svchost.bat file, but I don't think it's the starting point.

  What you need to do is run a few respectable scans for malware first, and then see if any of you are your svchost.exe process is still badly behave.

  Behind each of the svchost.exe process that see you in the Manager of tasks can be one or more process of XP you have to be running, but malware is KNOWN to imitate or hide behind a svchost.exe process, so you won't be able to see in Manager tasks.  You have to outsmart it.

  First yo should make a reasonable effort to eliminate malware, and then start troubleshooting - not the other way around.

  Provide information on your system, the better you can:

  What is your system brand and model?

  What is your Version of XP and the Service Pack?

  Describe your current antivirus and software anti malware situation: McAfee, Symantec, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!, MSE, Panda, Trend Micro, CA, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, Comodo, etc..

  No matter what you use for malware protection, follow these steps:

  Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs at:
  Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://malwarebytes.org/
  SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

  These comprehensive analyses can take some time, but you really need to run.  SAS will probably be just a bunch of Internet tracking cookies, but you can remove them.  Once you have done at least a full analysis, you can do quick scans in the future to save time and save the analyses complete for when you have more time or are really suspicious of an infection of the system.

  They can be uninstalled later if you wish.

  In 1985, there were 11 known computer viruses.  Today, there are over 70,000 and new threats are detected every day.  Always update your virus definitions before running a scan.

• Svchost.exe shut down my computer help please!

  Svchost.exe 0 x 47563634 referenced the memory-to-memory 0 x 0000000 could be written... Click ok to debug or cancel and no matter where I click on it it shuts down my computer after so many seconds... I've done virus scans etc... I tried to understand this point for centuries, how to get rid of him to come... I have a virus on my computer svrcard (think that's the name) and nothing will get rid of it, so I think this might be related... norton recognize but cannot quartine it or delete and I have had for about 2 years... I put the svchost.exe side warning to do something on my computer because if I click on it it will stop me... I tried many things and nothing is working any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

  Disable Norton.
  Download Microsoft Safety Scanner to scan your computer infections by the virus.
  This is a free security tool, you can perform. It works with your existing antivirus.
  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-in/default.aspx

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  The Microsoft Safety Scanner is not a replacement for the use of antivirus software that offers continuous protection.

  Once it has run, you have to re - activate Norton. If the Microsoft safety scanner does not remove the virus, I suggest that you contact Norton support because it does not find the virus, he just can not remove it.

  I hope this helps.

• Why so many svchost.exe in task manager/processes in XP SP3?

  There are like 8 + svchost.exe in the Manager of tasks/processes all ate

  my memory and I have 4 GB of ram, I have a dual core cpu Intel 6300 Hz 1.86

  Windows XP Media Center SP3

  To help understand your processes svchost.exe and what is running under them, read this article and you will be smarter than the average bear:
  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial129.html

  You may be able to get clues with what is happening with your svchost.exe process using the Task Manager and maybe understand.

  You will always be able to understand what is happening with your svchost.exe process if you use Process Explorer.

  Download Process Explorer, so you can see what is 'really' running on your system, especially behind those svchosts several process see you in the running task manager.

  Download Process Explorer from here:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  You'll like Process Explorer when you get the hang of it.  Process Explorer is the Manager of Windows taskbar on steroids.

  Process Explorer installs nothing so it won't slow down your system since it works only on request.

  Process Explorer can seem a little intimidating at first because it has so much information, but you will begin to make love the way it works when you're looking for performance problems.   You can even say EP you want it to be your new default 'Task Manager' value in the future.  You can always run the original tasks as Manager.

  Once you get Process Explorer running, expand the columns, made drag the corners of the screen for it's largest, etc., so you can see as much information as possible in the window.  Now you can really see what is running on the system.

  Here's a screenshot of my poor system when I use Process Explorer:
  http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2567/ProcessExplorer.PNG
  The CPU column is usually the most interesting start with performance issues - which uses the most?

  It is OK and normal to have several svchost exe processes running.  Important XP Services are actually running under svchost.exe processes. There are sometimes an XP Service that runs under a svchost.exe process, sometimes there are several Services in XP, which runs under a svchost.exe process.

  Sometimes malware will hide behind a svchost.exe process because the malware knows that you won't be able to find it in the Task Manager.  He will hide behind a svchost.exe process to deceive you, but you can outsmart it.

  Malicious software can disguise itself also seems to be a legitimate process of XP or he could hide under/behind other processes that you see running in Task Manager if you can't see the execution.

  The malware would trick you into thinking you must use a System Restore Point, run a repair install or reinstall your XP from scratch when you really don't.

  Looking at the display in process Explorer, you want the CPU most to be associated with the system idle process.  It's 'free time' on your system, so more time there, more free.

  If you look at the graphs of performance and see red spikes (or not) double click the graphic in the upper left corner to display the graph to use.  Move the mouse over any pics to see what are the causes.  Even if the Spike has already scroll screen, you can still move the mouse over the edge to see what caused.  You can also just wait for a pic to happen and then see what caused the Spike.

  If you think one of your svchost.exe process is out of control or run amok, understand that some malware will hide as a process behind one of your several svchost.exe processes.  All what you will see in the Manager of tasks is a svchost.exe process that has run amok.

  The malware knows that you won't be able to see it in the Task Manager.  The malware hope you will do something drastic like use a Restore Point, perform a repair installation, or even to reinstall your XP from scratch.

  No matter what you use for software malware, detection and removal do this first:

  Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs:

  Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://malwarebytes.org/
  SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

  They can be uninstalled later if you wish.

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  I receive the following error message at startup, when I connect.  If I complete the program my computer going to be inadmissible.

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  Click OK to finish the program

  Click on Cancel to debug the program

  Nothing comes up on my anti-virus.  Any help would be appreciated.

  Hello Scott, I did some research on this and found this site, don't know if they fixed the problem is related to your but you can see if the process will help. I found this on PC * Web site:

  http://www.pchell.com/support/svchosterror.shtml

  I'll do some looking and see what I can find.

  It is permanently associated with a start-up program, I would like to go in safe mode after you start in Windows, go to start then run and type msconfig. Once in the config window go to the Startup tab and uncheck all the boxes that are not essential to the system. You do not uncheck anti-virus or your spyware / malware removal software. If the system starts fine then go back to msconfig and start checking one box at a time until you get the error again. The last program box checked is the culprit and should be removed and put back in place.

  Hope this helps, Jim

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  I have Win XP as my OS & Mcafee man. 8.5.0i my protection against the virus.

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  Concerning
  Mukesh

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  Through these generals the malware removal not systematically - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

  Include analysis with David Lipman's Multi_AV of and follow the instructions to do all scans in Mode without failure. Read the Special Notes about the use of Multi_AV in Vista.

  http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Multi-AV - instructions
  http://tinyurl.com/yoeru3 - download link and further instructions

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  If you can't do the work yourself (and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea), take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). Please be aware that not all shops are skilled at removing malware, and even if they are, your computer may be so infested that Windows will have to be properly installed. If possible, have all your data backed up before taking the machine into a shop. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!