Re: multiple "svchost" in task manager !
From: David Robbins (drobbins_at_eprisolutions.com)
Date: 08/28/03
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:33:39 -0400
"thaivannguyen" <thaivannguyen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My Task Mgr shows that I have 3 processes with the
> name "svchost" in my PC, each is of different size.
> Using File Search, I could only find 1 copy of svchost
> in /winnt/System32 which I verified as the original one
> from the Win2000 CD (by its date & size). I conclude that
> there are 2 "svchost" hidden/embedded somewhere/in some
> other file in my PC. Could it be spyware? What's the
> legitimate svchost.exe for anyway? How do I uncover/rid
> of them ?
> Could anyone help? Thanks very much.
>
> TN
this is normal. it is just the same program running 3 times for different
services.
lets see, google for svchost and the second link is:
http://www.ntfaq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=20609
which tells you what the program is and what it does.
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