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Multiple instances of svchost.exe?
Name: AsYLuM135 Date: June 1, 2005 at 19:14:30 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2.99 GHz, 512MB
Comment:
When I open my task Manager, I get the following instances of svchost.exe in the processes:
svchost.exe...........SYSTEM svchost.exe...........LOCAL SERVICE svchost.exe...........NETWORK SERVICE svchost.exe...........SYSTEM svchost.exe...........NETWORK SERVICE svchost.exe...........SYSTEM
Name: AsYLuM135 Date: June 1, 2005 at 19:16:38 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry for doublepost, but I got no spyware or adware as I know of
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: June 1, 2005 at 19:29:54 Pacific
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Yes it's normal for Windows XP. Quoted:
Each instance of Svchost process (you see in Task Manager) launches a list of services. Multiple instances of Svchost.exe can run at the same time. Four or five instances of svchost.exe is normal.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: AsYLuM135 Date: June 1, 2005 at 19:31:36 Pacific
Reply:
thanks!!!!
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: June 1, 2005 at 19:32:15 Pacific
Reply:
You're welcome :-)
i_XpUser
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Response Number 5
Name: Rich Mentzel Date: June 2, 2005 at 07:27:34 Pacific
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http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056 All true processes but note that svchost.exe can also be W32.welchia worm which is a "shut down" problem...always a good idea to occasionalyy run online virus scans.
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Response Number 6
Name: XpUser Date: June 2, 2005 at 10:24:38 Pacific
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How do you determine whether or not your svchost.exe is legit? You can easily find out by downloading and running the File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV)utility available from THIS MSKB. The MD5 of a legit XP SP2 Svchost.exe should match this hash values:
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