Looking at another post it says if SVCHOST.exe is a trojan or virus. I have 4 instances runing on my computer now, and none in lower case. I run adaware and keep norton updated and it says nothing and my computer seems fine. Do i need to be concerned. Marshall

no you dont its a program that windows runs to keep programs running.. do NOT kill these programs as it WILL restart your computer

run a scan in safe mode(press f8 at start up). run a virus scan on its location or full scan if you wish. hmm i guess so

No, it is not a virus. It will !@#$ up your computer if you kill it.

There is svchost.exe AND scvhost.exe (NOTE SPELLING). The first one is a running process on your computer and should be treated with care. The second one is a virua and should be dealt with accordingly.

I mistakenly deleted SVCHOST.exe while attempting to get rid of the the Nachi virus. I know it was a huge mistake, but is there anything I can do to salvage my computer?

Hi y'all As mentioned above, if it is spelled like any of these, it is a virus -------- Svchos1.exe You have the W32.HLLW.Gaobot.DK virus. ------------ Svch0st.exe Note : the letter between the "h" and the "s" in the name of the file is a zero, not the letter "o". You have one of the Backdoor.Graybird viruses. -- Svchost32.exe You have a virus. It may be one of the following viruses : Backdoor.IRC.Zcrew, W32.HLLW.Deborms.C, W32.Mimail.J@mm, or the W32.Paylap.@mm virus which mimics a PayPal account renewal screen. Note that there are other lesser known, or newer (!!) viruses which also show as a program called SVCHOST32.exe. Check your email..I sent the file..(ZIP) Goes in your X\windows\system32 folder... beansoup "Error: Keyboard not attached." "Press F1 to continue."