what is svhost.exe?

[veracity024]

i hate having this in my task manager..... theres like 20 copies of it open.....

actually while im at it, what can i do to keep a small number of tasks open and even less @ startup?

thanks

[EzyStvy]

SVCHOST is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup SVCHOST checks the Services portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it needs to load, and then loads them. There can be many instances of SVCHOST running, as there will be one instance of SVCHOST for every DLL-based service or grouping of services (the grouping of services is determined by the programmers who wrote the services in question). Under Windows XP Professional and Windows 2003 you can find out what DLL-based services SVCHOST is running by typing Tasklist /SVC at a Command/MS‑DOS Prompt (this command is not available in Windows XP Home), while under Windows 2000 you need to use the TLIST –s command from a Command Prompt (MS-DOS Prompt) (depending on how Windows 2000 was installed you may need to download TLIST from the Microsoft website or install it from one of the miscellaneous folders on the Windows 2000 CD). Recommendation : An integral part of the operating system, leave alone – multiple instances of SVCHOST is a normal occurrence. If you experience SVCHOST errors, the problem is most likely not with SVCHOST but with the DLLs it is hosting. However, if you experience a lot of SVCHOST errors, and particularly, if the full path to SVCHOST.EXE is not any of the above, then you most likely have a virus (see below).

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...tasklist_s.htm

[Boulton]

Svchost.exe is legit but if you look what the guy is reporting he has svhost.exe isn’t that connected with the boohoo virus or something

Please confirm actual file name

[veracity024]

is there any way to make it so less of these small programs are running in the background upon startup?

aside from the scvhost

[flanzig1]

Run/msconfig/start up tab and then uncheck programs that you don't need to open at start up. If not sure what a particular thing is, leave checked.

[kev7555]

Better have a look at these results:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search


If indeed you have svhost.exe not svchost.exe, then you have a problem.


-Kev