Re: svchost?

From: Susan (dsnsacree_at_msn.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:12:48 -0600

svchost on c:\I386 is an Application and 12.5 KB and the one on
Windows\System32 is 12.5 KB also.
There was one on the Prefetch folder that was a pf file
svchost.exe-2D5FBD18.pf but I deleted it since I read in more than one place
that the Prefetch files were not necessary.
"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:37eqlkF54o9ajU4@individual.net...
> "Susan" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
> >I have two applications of svchost on computer, one in C:\I386 and one in
> >c:\Windows\System32. I wonder if one is malicious?
>
> Possibly neither. Is the i386 one svchost.ex_? If so, and it's 8K,
> it's probably okay.
>
> --
>
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com/

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