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Name: Gosu-John
Date: April 26, 2008 at 06:37:31 Pacific
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Prof
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3
Product: Version 2002, SP2
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Hi im just posting to see what i can find out about svchost.exe i know that its usaully a legit windows exe but i noticed that i have alot of svchost.exe's running when i start my pc up this picture is after a start up.
There probably just legit windows exe's because my pc isnt showing any sypmtoms of having a virus but id like to know why theres so many of them running.





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Name: XpUser
Date: April 26, 2008 at 08:53:08 Pacific
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It's normal M$ Windows feature - really nothing to worry about but since you asked ...

id like to know why theres so many of them running.

... you will find the answers by reading THIS tutorial.

i_Xp/VistaUser


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Name: ScoobyDoo
Date: April 26, 2008 at 19:46:11 Pacific
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You can download a free program called Process Explorer (owned by MS). It sort of like hijackthis in that you can look at all the processes running in your machine. One of the things Process Explorer shows that Hijackthis doesnt is whats running under svchost.exe . There may be be multiple programs running under each svchost. In Process Explorer. Hover your mouse over each svchost.exe process listed and a drop down will list the names of each program running under that host. You can then google the names of any you do not recognise.


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