svchost.exe

[Unregistered]

I see 5 svchost.exe's when I run Windows Task Manager (processes). It kinda looks like this:

Svchost.exe---->Local Service
Svchost.exe---->Network Service
Svchost.exe---->System
Svchost.exe---->System
Svchost.exe---->System


I know this might seem like a really dumb question but I've been having probelms with viruses and such

[Unregistered]

maybe I should actually ASK the question...how many svchost.exe's should I see? The thread before mine has me a little worried but I'm not having the same problem (I hope)

[Unregistered]

Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that are run from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). The Svchost.exe file is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder. At startup, Svchost.exe checks the services portion of the registry to construct a list of services that it needs to load. There can be multiple instances of Svchost.exe running at the same time. Each Svchost.exe session can contain a grouping of services, so that separate services can be run depending on how and where Svchost.exe is started. This allows for better control and debugging.

Full article can be read from
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;250320

Hope , it will help you to understand the concepts.

Cheers,

Thankurz

[Unregistered]

However, svchost.exe is also an alias for a trojan horse called beast. You might want to check up on this.