Svchost.exe Error Virus
Note: The svchost.exe file is located in the c:\windows\System32 folder. In other cases, svchost.exe is a virus, spyware, trojan or worm!
"Svchost.exe" (Generic Host Process for Win32 Services) is an integral part of Windows OS. It cannot be stopped or restarted manually. It manages 32-bit DLLs and other services. At startup, Svchost.exe checks the services portion of the registry to construct a list of services that it needs to load. In normal conditions multiple instances of Svchost.exe run 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.
Worms like MS-Blaster target a bug in svhost.exe. It sends a special packet. The packet has to be formed specially for 2K or XP and, if it sends the wrong one to your system, causes svhost to crash, which can force a reboot or make you lose copy/paste functionality. Svhost itself, though, is NOT a virus. A virus wouldn't announce itself with a nice error message stating its name.
Dependent on it's location, it's either a genuine part of the operating system (ie it's in c:\windows\System32 folder) - otherwise it should be deleted. I recommend that the registry editor is used to search for references to any other instances of this file, and those references deleted. Leave the genuine file alone, though!
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