Re: svchost is consuming more CPU Usage

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:22:07 -0500

W32/Gaobot.worm.aa - http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100611.htm
IRC-Demfire - http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100054.htm

SVCHOST.EXE is the target of a number of infectors either by name or variations of the name.

Dave

"ankush" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A819ABB-679E-4D58-8356-3EA3FD701B4A@microsoft.com...
| dear satya,
| the only worm that i know of attacks the scvhost.exe is bloodhound virus its an unknown
virus you can go to symantec virus and download the latest virus defination file to remove
it.
|
| cheers
| ankush

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