Tasklist, or just prefer not to use the command shell, you can use SysInternals Process Explorer instead. Running by typing “tasklist / svc” in a command window. You can see all the copies of svchost and what services they are System that provides support to many of the required services that are Svchost, which is short for “service host”, is a core part of the operating Here, with s cvhost, which has two letters transposed. [ Important: do not confuse svchost, which we are discussing (Win95, 98, and Me users, see Note 1.)ĭo not delete svchost.exe. Let me tell you what it is not: On Windows XP, 2000, andĢ003, svchost is not a virus. Your system is currently vulnerable to a particular type of exploit known as If so, then it’s almost certain that you either have a virus or

After you log in, your system automatically reboots in one minute.

After that, various things fail to work properly, if at

Your system reports that svchost has performed an illegal operation and.

Your system becomes sluggish and you find that something called svchost orĭllhost is taking nearly 100% of your CPU.

Rather than answering one single question, I’ll try to cover a theme that can best be summed up as: Unfortunately, there’s no single point of reference for svchost related problems. Many people are witnessing a svchost.exe crash and it’s actually quite amazing.

I’ve discussed Svchost, aka Svchost.exe, in previous articles on Ask Leo!.

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