Can svchost.exe be a virus? I have it only recently running several
instances at once sometimes using 50% of CPU power. My CA Vet virus
checker nor spybot S&D report any problem, please assist! Thanks.
It is common for multiple versions of svchost.exe to be running. See:
Re: Anti-spyware Beta from Microsoft available ... the searchsquire that it turned up in your report is part ... > of Spybot S&D's immunization.... After popping back into SpyBot S&D, ... >> Subject: Re: Anti-spyware Beta from Microsoft available ... (Focus-Microsoft)
Re: Message ... Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines ... Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder ... >interent explorer cancels itself and I have no internet page. ... >send a report it does the same thing. ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
Re: memcmp() checker: memory access errors ... I do ungetcall 256 bytes in databack to the stream... because ungetc() can fail to push back the bytes to the input ... my 256-byte memory leak although it did not report any other error. ...Checker does not report the source-line every time. ... (comp.lang.c)
Re: IE locking up when opening ... "fixed" the other problems that were reported by the spybot scan. ... Also, when it tries to report the error to Microsoft, that window will also ... > you have the wild tangent web driver.... >>I have ran Scan Disc, Disc Defragmenter, Disc Cleanup and ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
Re: Spybot-Search and Destroy ... this is a bug in SpyBot that they claim will be fixed ... SpyBot reportedly does clean out the DSO Exploit entrys ... but still continues to report it as a problem. ... > Data Source Object Exploit ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
