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Name: ironhorse44
Date: October 11, 2009 at 15:41:53 Pacific
OS: Windows vista sp 2
Product: Dell Insperion 530
Subcategory: Firewalls
Comment:

why would a Svchost.exe want acsess to my pc from the internet? Is it looping its self back?



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Name: charvie
Date: October 14, 2009 at 23:55:54 Pacific
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go to taskmgr right click on all the svchost's and open their file location, see if it is malware.

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