lauren
Joined: 30 Jun 2004
Posts: 83
Offline
|
 Posted:
Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject:
What is svchost.exe? |
|
|
Jimmy,
svchost.exe is host process for win32 services and so related to operating system. You can not stop the process manually as it manages 32 bit DLL and other services on your system.
When your system boots up, svchost.exe checkes the services in registry of your system that needs to load.
You will have question that why is it showing multiple svchost.exe processes?
In normal conditions multiple instances of Svchost.exe run at the same time. Each Svchost.exe session can contain a grouping of services, so that separate services can be run depending on how and where Svchost.exe is started. This allows for better control and debugging.
Svchost.exe can be virus or spyware or trojan too.
Please check, http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2003-081815-2308-99
&
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2002-080207-0336-99 |
|
FAQ
Search
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
