svchost.ece infected

Phan7omEli7e™ · 2 Aug 2006 at 21:06

My svchost.exe is infected, and if I recall, it's not something I can delete.
Should I copy a svchost.exe from another computer, and overwrite the infected one?

Priapus · 2 Aug 2006 at 21:08

Can't you use a anti virus scanner?

Phan7omEli7e™ · 2 Aug 2006 at 21:56

I did, it says that file is infected.
But if I delete that particular file, will it have a bad effect on my computer?

Goumet · 2 Aug 2006 at 22:19

Could try the malicous software removal tool from MS.

bledd · 3 Aug 2006 at 10:21

try nod32 and windows defender

ns400r · 3 Aug 2006 at 15:34

Are you sure that it's svchost.exe that's infected and not SCVHOST.exe ? ? ?

Svchost is a Windows process and Scvhost is pox.

Phan7omEli7e™ · 3 Aug 2006 at 17:19

I can't remember, but I got rid of it, it was not a Windows file that was infected, just a bad file taking that filename being somewhere else.

And another thing, sometimes, my svchost.exe takes up 99% of the CPU. Why does it do that?

bledd · 3 Aug 2006 at 17:38

try applying all windows updates..

Morlan · 3 Aug 2006 at 19:59

Phan7omEli7e™ said:
And another thing, sometimes, my svchost.exe takes up 99% of the CPU. Why does it do that?

Possibly a Virus. Run edwido in safe mode and see if that helps.

bledd · 26 Dec 2006 at 10:51

go here

http://hotfix.xable.net/download/index.php?dir=English/Windows XP/

download and install this..

WindowsXP-KB916089-v5-x86-ENU.exe

-disable automaticupdates in control panel in the meantime, that's whats causing the problem

Bigdogbmx · 26 Dec 2006 at 21:19

The last time I saw a PC with svchost taking up 99% cpu, running spybot on it got rid of the problem. I dont know exactly what was wrong mind, I just know that got rid of the problem.

DanMc07 · 2 Jan 2007 at 19:56

ns400r said:
Are you sure that it's svchost.exe that's infected and not SCVHOST.exe ? ? ?

Svchost is a Windows process and Scvhost is pox.

Nod32 is crap, never picked up my scvhost virus, I will have a look into what bledd. has said as I have/had this problem