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Now I will tell you something about it.
My Vista has 11 processes named "svchost.exe"! I am now sure there wasn't any virus in my computer,and my system is Vista Home Pentium. What's wrong? |
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Hi Frank,
I have 13 instance running. It's normal. Svchost.exe is used to run a myriad of system processes. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "Frank Shan" wrote in message ... Now I will tell you something about it. My Vista has 11 processes named "svchost.exe"! I am now sure there wasn't any virus in my computer,and my system is Vista Home Pentium. What's wrong? |
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Frank - "svchost.exe." is a "container" which houses running program
threads. "Frank Shan" wrote in message ... Now I will tell you something about it. My Vista has 11 processes named "svchost.exe"! I am now sure there wasn't any virus in my computer,and my system is Vista Home Pentium. What's wrong? |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:31:55 +0800, "Frank Shan"
wrote: Now I will tell you something about it. My Vista has 11 processes named "svchost.exe"! I am now sure there wasn't any virus in my computer,and my system is Vista Home Pentium. What's wrong? Nothing is wrong. What you describe is perfectly normal. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Let me just add that svchost.exe is what executes essential Windows services. Each instance of svchost.exe is responsible for executing its own stack of services. You can see which services each instance of svchost.exe is running by using 'Process Explorer' (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx) or the Task Manager. Just hover your cursor over each svchost.exe in Process Explorer and you will see a list of services that have been executed by it. You can also see which services are running in a svchost.exe instance by right clicking on the instance in Task Manager and then clicking "Go to service(s)" and every service that runs under the instance will be highlighted. It's also important to remember that there are many viruses that call themselves svchost.exe as a form of disguise. So if you have any instances of svchost.exe that are not showing services running within it, have a missing company name or description, then you have something to worry about. -- arkitect www.arkitect.tech.officelive.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arkitect's Profile: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=60 View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18953 |
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I noticed somthing strange when browsing thrue the svchost's services and
came upon the proses SUPERFECTH... i whent browsing around and noticed that my other pc also has this servie but his is using only 10 mb of ram where mine as using 175 mb.. this I found stange. after alot of efort I found that a virus "gumber.exe" was restarting this proses hundres of times... but until now not a singel antivirus program has anyway to stop this file! pleas HELP! |
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Wilhelm wrote:
I noticed somthing strange when browsing thrue the svchost's services and came upon the proses SUPERFECTH... i whent browsing around and noticed that my other pc also has this servie but his is using only 10 mb of ram where mine as using 175 mb.. this I found stange. after alot of efort I found that a virus "gumber.exe" was restarting this proses hundres of times... but until now not a singel antivirus program has anyway to stop this file! pleas HELP! Googling for "gumber.exe" brings me only one link to a Chinese website referencing an email worm. Since I can't read Chinese, I can only suggest you follow these general malware removal steps: Go through these general malware removal steps systematically - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware Include scanning with David Lipman's Multi_AV and follow instructions to do all scans in Safe Mode. Please see the special Notes regarding using Multi_AV in Vista. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Multi-AV - instructions http://tinyurl.com/yoeru3 - download link and more instructions When all else fails, get guided help. Choose one of the specialty forums listed at the first link. Register and read its posting FAQ. PLEASE DO NOT POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS. Standard disclaimer: I can't see and test your computer myself, so these are just suggestions based on many years of being a professional computer tech; suggestions based on what you've written. You should not take my suggestions as a definitive diagnosis. If you can't do the work yourself (and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea), take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad). Please be aware that not all local shops are skilled at removing malware and even if they are, your computer may be so infested that Windows will need to be clean-installed. If possible, have all your data backed up before you take the machine into a shop. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |