Re: SVCHOST.EXE

From: Dave (noone_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 08/14/04


Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:53:14 -0000


"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5aba01c4817f$fa1c39c0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I seemed to have contracted some spyware I can't get rid
> of. I have used CWshredder, Highjackthis, and Spybot. My
> norton anti-virus got rid of trojan.bitvariety, earlier.
> My home page still changes and SVCHOST.exe seems to be
> the problem, maybe i'm wrong. I've looked up this file
> and Microsoft says it's part of the system. CWshredder
> and Spybot are updated but find nothing. Highjackthis
> will not get rid of it. Norton scan comes clean. Any help
> with this matter would be greatly appreciated, I already
> deleted IE executable file out of frustration, ooops.

svchost.exe is a normal part of windows xp and i normally see up to four
instances of it run all the time.



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