svchost.exe

[hero]

i think i have a virus

alright every now and then my comp gets really slow when i start the computer. so i check the taskmanager and it says that svchost.exe is using all 100% of the cpu usage. if u try and delete it, the comp will shut its self down. then i was told somewhere to down loade this process manager. so i download it and then clicked on properties of svchost.exe and then clicked on the thread tab and killed the the thread that was using the most cpu usage. but when i do kill it, the system gets really glichy and buggy. i have ran norton antivirus 2002 and also adaware. i also ran these both in safe mode. then someone told me to run an symantec online virus scan. so i tried that but it would never progress thru the scan and it said downloading the antivirus stuff.

please help this is getting really anoying and has been haunting me for months now

o yah
pentium 4 proccesor speed 1.7
ram 256mg
30 gig hd
nvidia geforce2 mx

 

[jonnyapps]

that's a virus. I couldn't tell you exactly what it's called but it's a virus for sure. I had the same thing once. It's common to have 3 or 4 scvhosts running at once but i had one that = 100% load whenever i tried to go online. It was crippling. I'd run an online scan but not norton it oculd be that your virus is designed to block you from accessing certain antiviral software and websites. Gimme a minute and i'll look up the website

 

[jonnyapps]

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

w00t 300 posts.

ps - you should see the sorry ass state of my pc. jsucfra.exe and msgfix.exe keep talking to irc channels. at least they're not shy eh.

 

[Hazar]

svchost.exe is a system process

don't shut it down.

 

[hero]

thanks man ill try that out

 

[hero]

yah i no hazar, lol, ive tried

but i got a way to shut down the part of svchost.exe that is screwing with me

 

[Hazar]

here's a link for future reference:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/fileversion/dllinfo.asp

 

[SidewinderX]

well, there's a virus that uses svchost to do stuff, but on winXP, win2k, you should have 3-5 repitions of it running. that's normal.

 

[hero]

well im running windows xp and i have six svchost.exe running and one of them is using all of the cpu usage

 

[Hazar]

why can't there be just 1-2?

 

[nicrd]

try to scan your computer in safe mode

 

[Kiva128]

svchost.exe is normal.

sCVhost.exe is a virus. Notice the v and c are switched for the virus version.

 

[DarkStar]

You should just make a copy of your old disk structure and do a fresh install of windows.

 

[hero]

kiva you most be reharted

notice how i said svchost.exe

 

[h4vvok]

kiva you most be reharted

notice how i said svchost.exe

You mean retarded? Also no need to bite at the folks helping you, not a good way to get a problem solved. And 15$ says you were an idiot and used a program such as Kazaa or a P2P sharing program to get a crack for a game or something of the sort but just happened to get one with a built in virus

 

[Kiva128]

kiva you most be reharted

notice how i said svchost.exe

And you must be illiterate. I said the one you have is NORMAL! N-O-R-M-A-L!

_IF_ the "V" and "C" where switched to make "sCVhost.exe" that means it is a V-I-R-U-S! Therefore, it is not a damn virus.

Do you understand now?
Next time don't be such an asshole when people take time out of their day to help you.

 

[snak3y3z1001]

i was hit by the sasser virus. same thinf was happenin so i kicked my comp and then did a full reformat :x

 

[SidewinderX]

hmm, run->services.msc

look at what's set... I can't find the URL, but there's this guy who tested aeveryhtin and has it all explained.. he tells you which you need and which you don't....gah, i'll try and find the url!

 

[hero]

yo sorry kiva

i like just found out css came out for cyber cafe's and the one by my place was closed. so i was just being a bit mean

please forgive

 

[Loshadka]

Nothing serious. All you nedd is to instal the following security updates in the following order(it wroked for mr):
WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe
WindowsXP-KB824146-x86-ENU.exe
WindowsXP-KB835732-x86-ENU.EXE
Windows-KB841720-ENU-V3.exe

 

[hero]

i got it working fine now.....atleast i think

the housecall thing that johnyapps gave me detectected a trojan and it got rid of it

lol h4vok

i was using kazaa to download some pr0n