Re: are these copies of svchost.exe legitimate

From: Duane Arnold (notme_at_notme.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:12:37 GMT

morganlast@hotmail.com (morganlast) wrote in
news:a513331.0409291627.5a82b84e@posting.google.com:

> I am running XP Home service pack 2.
>
> I'm a little concerned with programs contacting websites without my
> consent. I'm trying zone alarm, but meanwhile I was wondering...
>
> I read on the Internet that any copy of svchost.exe not in the
> C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder is not legitimate. I found the file in the
> following three folders on my computer:
>
> The date on this first one is 8-4-04. I don't think I installed
> service pack 2 until after that although it is the same date as the
> one in system32.
>
> C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\svchost.exe
>
> The other two copies are in:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\SVCHOST.EXE-3530F672.pf
> C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\svchost.exe
>
> Are these version of svchost.exe okay to stay on my pc?
>
> Any help will be appreciated.

That only applies if you're using the tools in the link and you see
svchost.exe running and it is not running/executing out of the system32
directory.

http://tinyurl.com/klw1

Duane :)

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