I've got like 6 or so running right now, and one of them was using up like 30K of memory. I've read that its possible that a svchost.exe file could be a torjan, but how do I go about finding out which ones could be torjans if possible?

5/25/2006 3:49:56 PM

trojans

5/25/2006 4:21:44 PM

god damnit

i noticed like 4 the other day

i fucking KNEW something was up

5/25/2006 4:32:12 PM

Yeah, I have like 4 or 5 also. Oh well, I need to reinstall Windows anyway.

5/25/2006 4:35:11 PM

they're not fucking trojans you retards

5/25/2006 4:38:22 PM

svchost.exe is a generic host process. It could be anything. It's not an indication of a virus or spy/malware. Having multiple instances of it showing up in your task manager is common if not expected. Any process that is executed from a DLL uses svchost.exe.

5/25/2006 4:41:16 PM

svchost.exe could also be a process which is registered as a trojan. This Trojan allows attackers to access your computer from remote locations, stealing passwords, Internet banking and personal data. It could also be a registered security risk and should be removed immediately.

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/svchost/

^I found that in like 5 seconds. Please shut your computer down, and go sit in the corner. You fail.

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 4:43 PM. Reason : link]

5/25/2006 4:42:48 PM

BTW, I was replying to dfshadow, not you darkone.

5/25/2006 4:44:05 PM

so just because dude has a few svchost processes running, i guess he should format lol

what great advice.

5/25/2006 4:44:39 PM

i dont even use my laptop anymore, so i guess i dont really care

5/25/2006 4:45:57 PM

As protostar pointed out, they COULD be trojans but unless you're noticing extreme slowdowns and or bizareness, they're probably benign host processes. If you're worried, run AVG and symantec in safe mode as well as spybot search and destroy, hijack this (posting the log file to any of 20 some sites that'll check it for you), microsoft anti spyware, etc. If none of them find anything, don't worry.

As a rule though, 4-6 svhost.exe processes aren't anything to freak out about by themselves.

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 4:47 PM. Reason : ]

5/25/2006 4:46:40 PM

I never told him to reformat. Notice I said "Oh well, I need to reinstall Windows anyway." I was speaking of myself. Reading is fundamental.

5/25/2006 4:47:02 PM

yeah, I know what you meant but the retard who posted the original question would have come back to this thread and read the first four posts and been like OH SHIT! TIME TO FORMAT!

at least explain yourself to the guy before he goes and does something totally unneccessary

5/25/2006 4:49:12 PM

^^ You bastard, he's probably lost all his porn already. Once the breasts are formatted, they're gone.

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 4:49 PM. Reason : ]

5/25/2006 4:49:19 PM

i need new breasteses every time. the same ones from last time usually don't cut it for me.

5/25/2006 4:50:34 PM

so where are some good places to get 50-100 mb porn files

limewire sucks now a days, you can download the same porn with 10 different titles

5/25/2006 5:07:14 PM

bittorrent

5/25/2006 5:07:58 PM

you know you can't keep your shit up for that long - just get the free video samples.

5/25/2006 5:17:31 PM

Quote :

"they're not fucking trojans you retards"

You can have upwards of 10-15 SVCHOST processes running on a normal system.

5/25/2006 5:37:06 PM

open up services.msc and run thru the list.

you'll be able to see which services are using svchost and turn them off if you desire.

5/25/2006 5:55:06 PM

Reboot ... count how many show up.

5/25/2006 6:14:52 PM

even better

http://sysinternals.com/

get process explorer

you can figure it out from there i hope

5/25/2006 6:48:27 PM

Quote :

"yeah, I know what you meant but the retard who posted the original question would have come back to this thread and read the first four posts and been like OH SHIT! TIME TO FORMAT!"

thanks for the assumption, but i'm aware of the fact that more than one svchost will be running at the same time. I guess I should have made that more clear so retards like you don't have to make grand assumptions.

the question was HOW DO I FIND OUT IF ONE COULD BE A TROJAN. Nowhere did I say "OH MY GOD I HAVE MORE THAN ONE SVCHOST I MUST HAVE TROJANS AND MY COMPUTER WILL EXPLODE!!!!!111"

This is more what I was wanting help understanding, taken from that site Protostar linked to

Quote :

"Determining whether this process is a virus or a legitimate Windows process depends on the directory location it executes or runs from in WinTasks."

thats what I wanted advice on. I hope the question is clear enough now.

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 7:31 PM. Reason : I knew when posting this question I'd get 99% dickhead replies ]

5/25/2006 7:29:49 PM

i'm only going to respond with a fucking quote because your intelligence doesn't warrant anything more than a dickhead reply.

Quote :

"I've got like 6 or so running right now, and one of them was using up like 30K of memory"

omg 30K!?!? that's like 30000 or something!!

5/25/2006 8:01:08 PM

be careful

terrorists can turn your computer into a bomb!

5/25/2006 8:22:38 PM

^^ well considering the rest only use like 3-4k AT MOST it perked my interest and I checked things out, the whole "Could be a trojan" thing came up, so I thought i'd ask if anybody knew of a way to differentiate which ones could be the actual system and which could be a possible trojan.

as I said before, i guess i wasn't clear enough...enough for people like you to rather than ask a question to help you understand the situation and offer advice, you'd rather stick to the dickhead comments.

but thats ok, gg.

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 8:48 PM. Reason : .]

5/25/2006 8:43:47 PM

scan with AVG in safe mode with System Restore disabled.

5/29/2006 11:07:06 PM

OMG FORMAT AND REINSTALL!!!!!1

5/29/2006 11:15:45 PM

Have you been visiting porn sites lately? perhaps you got some trojans... no phun in these statesments whatsoever. lol

[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 12:25 AM. Reason : ]

5/30/2006 12:25:36 AM