Re: svchost.exe

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/20/03 

Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:50:41 -0700

It's a utility to run dlls as stand-alone processes. or ...

It's a way to obscure the functionality assigned to a particular open
network port. or ...

It's a way to confuse the heck out of users when their firewall keeps
telling them that some generic service application keeps wanting
Internet access. Enough already. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
:-)
"Nelson Cid Loureiro Neto" <nelson_cid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0ea101c3665a$5aa81300$a301280a@phx.gbl...
Better look over here !
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q2
50/3/20.ASP&NoWebContent=1
>-----Original Message-----
>its a host process :D SVC = Service , Host = host ,
geddit :D
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>Duncan McNutt
>Microsoft Product Deactivation Team
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>"Nelson Cid Loureiro Neto" <nelson_cid@hotmail.com> wrote
in message
>news:0d0a01c36653$9a670f70$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>What does svchost.exe do really do ?
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>Thank´s
>
>Nelson
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