svchost error

thegills

Guys,
I rum W2k SP4 and every so often I get an svchost has generated errors alert and it closes. I have checked the process manager and it appears that svchost is running 3 times (see attached file). Is this normal. Any advise appreciated.
thegills

andrew163

its not normal to create errors (obviously) but it always seems to be running 3 or 4 times for me so thats probably normal...

did you check the event log? (see if it sheds any light on the reasons for the errors)

helpdogscat

thegills wrote:

Guys,
I rum W2k SP4 and every so often I get an svchost has generated errors alert and it closes. I have checked the process manager and it appears that svchost is running 3 times (see attached file). Is this normal. Any advise appreciated.
thegills

yea, tis normal to run multiple times, its a service host, each instance is hosting several services, and loads of services run on win2k, there is a virus out there, cant remember which off hand that names itsself svchost.exe, the real svchost resides in the system32 folder, do a search for svchost and if any are found in dodgy places delete

Seanie M

helpdogscat wrote:

ythe real svchost resides in the system32 folder, do a search for svchost and if any are found in dodgy places delete

I have 3 instances of it running, different sized process... when I did a search for it, I have one in the system32 folder, and another one in blue on system32/dllcache folder... both are the same size... I presume this is normal?

Seanie.