Re: svvchost.exe

From: Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\) (hunter(nospamplease)_at_sfs.upenn.edu)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:00:39 -0400

That svvchost.exe process is indicative of a virus or a worm of some sort,
I'd just about bet the mortgage on it.

You should be able to uninstall Symantec through Add/Remove programs - I
wouldn't run two A/V packages at the same time because they'll conflict with
one another. Then run a full scan using your McAffee with the most recent
virus definitions. 

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Laura E. Hunter - MCSE, MCT, MVP
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"Anne" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:2b5401c4286f$3ebc8680$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>A friend recently bought me a reconditioned ThinkPad in
> excellent condition. I downloaded all the new Microsoft
> Updates and installed ZoneAlarm Pro firewall last night.
> Now I keep getting this message from ZoneAlarm
> that"svvchost.exe has violated outbound e-mail rules" with
> a request that I either allow or disallow the violation.
> Of course, I block the violation, but it is worrying,
> because this svvchost.exe seems to be sending emails to
> tons of people I don't know from my laptop (or am I
> misunderstanding the ZoneAlarm prompt?). I've checked the
> laptop for the Blaster and Mydoom viruses and the results
> come back clean.  I know svchost.exe (not svvchost.exe) is
> somehow involved with the Blaster virus but that doesn't
> seem to be the problem here. I am also concerned because
> the virus protection on the laptop is the Symantec
> Corporate Edition, without access to Live Update, so I'm
> not sure how uptodate the virus protection is.  I know
> Symantec is really good, but if what's on my laptop isn't
> fresh, I would want to uninstall (how!!?) it, and swith my
> McAfee Online (fully-paid up) protection from my old PC
> (which I don't use) to the laptop.
> So, what one earth is svvchost.exe and should I uninstall
> Symantec and switch to McAfee, and how do I uninstall
> Symantec?

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