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In TCPView, why does the svchost.exe process need to listen on so many TCP and UDP ports
Looking at TCPView I can see over 25 svchost processes using TCP and UDP ports. If these svchost processes are the various services required by Windows, then why would so many be using the network?
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SVCHost using 100% CPU in Windows 7
I am having a problem with Windows 7. When I boot up, the CPU jumps to 100% execution for about 10-15 minutes. During this time, it is really slow, and if I play any music, the songs play slowly and ...
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Is winrscmde good or bad?
Is svchost running with a description of "winrscmde" good or bad? Is it spyware? Malwarebytes and windows security essensials report two trojans found, but they don't say that is winrscmde. I booted ...
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What command line options are available to svchost.exe?
It seems the only command line option used by Windows for svchost.exe is -k, followed by the group name which svchost needs to start for a given service. Yet, use of a command line option indicates ...
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Debugging CSRSS.EXE Application Error/Crash
For a while now, I have been getting an intermittent crash of SVCHOST.EXE on boot in Windows XP. Because it is intermittent, I cannot reliably reproduce it, nor can I narrow down when it started, and ...
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Selectively enabling / disabling access to network for system services with ESET Firewall
I am using Eset Smart Security package version 5. My question is related to firewall module. For most of the time I am in administrator mode. It means that access to network is enabled only for those ...
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Windows 7 svchost.exe (LocalSystemNetworkRestricted) reading/writing like crazy
I'm trying to understand why my Windows 7 machine is constantly reading/writing to the HDD, making everything go slow. As you can see in the screenshot, resmon reports that there is a lot of disk ...
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Processes named scvhost.exe is showing up in my task manager(never seen before),may be it slows down my pc,what to do?
As I am seeing many svchost.exe processes in my task manager from many days,and sometimes it slows down my pc or gets hanged,I have installed SVC host viewer,SVC Host process analyzer and Process ...
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How do I remove the svchost.exe from my PC? [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
I am facing problems with my computer because of an svchost.exe virus. There are so many svchost.exe ...
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XP Sp3 LanManWorkstation Service Starting Slow
I'm experiencing an issue on a Windows XP Sp3 workstation.
At startup the "Workstation" service (LanManWorkstation) takes Approx. 2 minutes to start.
During this time all other services behind it are ...
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how I check my installed svchost files if any is a virus or keylogger?
HI,
I have kaspersky but like all anti virus it may miss a file and I have 14 services of svchost listed on my task manager, how to check if any of them is a virus or keylogger ?
thanks
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svchost causing problems
Lately I've had one particular svchost.exe instance that's often spiking up and taking 12-40% of my CPU. The services it's hosting are:
FDResPub (Function Discovery Resource Publication)
FontCache ...
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Going sailing, bandwith $8/MB, plugging in ethernet uses 200kb of data to just start
Hey Everyone - I am going sailing for a year and have an INMARSAT FB150 which translates to about $8/MB for bandwidth "anywhere" on the ocean. I hope to only use about 50-60MB per month or less ...
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svchost.exe taking 25% cpu
For some time now I have been noticing that one of my svchost.exe was constantly taking 25% cpu time on my 4 core, Win7 Ultimate PC. This particular service host is hosting:
Cryptographic Services ...
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lsass and svchost should they access internet or not? On WXP-SP3
My Zone Alarm 8 firewall on WXP-SP3 is advising me:
svchost.exe (Generic Host Process for
Windows 32 services)
lsass.exe (LSA
Shell (Export version)
both try sometimes to access internet.
Should ...
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svchost consuming 400MB of memory
In my task manager, I have two entries for svchost.exe - one taking up 300MB of memory and the other 75MB.
Is that normal? If not, what should I do? What can the problem be? I don't remember seeing ...
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How to troubleshoot a GPF?
I get a GPF dialog box out of the blue fairly often (like about 2 hours after I turn on the computer). It basically says that svchost.exe had a failure... (see the corresponding Event Log entry ...
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Getting rid of a trojan in svchostlexe
My antivirus keeps notifying me of a trojan. Svchost.exe keeps creating some 'drivers' (.sys files in the drivers directory under system32 of my Windows XP installation) each of which is marked as ...
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Is there a way to determine which service (in svchost.exe) does an outgoing connection?
I'm redoing my firewall configuration with more restrictive policies and I would like to determine the provenance (and/or destination) of some outgoing connections.
I have an issue because they come ...
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SvcHost is taking 100% of CPU. It appears to be either DcomLaunch or TermService - virus?
So my SvcHost is all of a sudden taking 100% of my CPU, and I'd like to figure out which service is responsible for this. Is there any way to differentiate the load being generated by the multiple ...
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svchost.exe @ 100% disk utilization vs. Outlook.ost
Vista x32 box with Outlook 2007. Outlook is not running. Hasn't been fired up for several reboots. I stopped WMI service and Windows Search service. Machine is mostly quiet, and then ...
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How do I troubleshoot high 'svchost.exe' usage in Windows 7?
I'm having a problem with Windows 7 64-bit. I thought it was slow and all then I saw that the CPU usage was always around 80% and started digging through Google.
There's two svchost.exe's consuming ...
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svchost eating up memory
I'm running Windows 7. It seems that svchost is eating up a lot of memory.
The user name for the particular svchost instance is "Network Service". The description is "Hose Process for Windows ...
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Resource Monitor showing svchost.exe connecting to 'kuk'. Legit? Virus?
I have a relatively new Vista box (trying to find a weekend to upgrade to 7) that I've kept up to date with all windows updates. Running the firewall and MS's Security Essentials.
I was checking ...
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Suspicious Svchost
I find many instances connected through as many as 7 ports in my system when I opened TCPView (Sysinternals). Could it be because of a malware? How to find it out without Antivirus tools.
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svchost.exe is crashing
I came in this morning (and not for the first time) and found a dialog box on my screen saying "svchost.exe has caused an exception. Would you like to debug this?"
Fortunately, it gives the PID. ...
