Can I delete lsass.exe? svchost.exe?

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Hello i have windows 2000 im not a computer freak.

I took my PC for formatting sevral times but as soon as i connect to the internet SVCHOST.EXE appears and then i cant copy or paste or disconnect and other annoying stuff.
MY ANTI VIRUS IS UP TO DATE AND "STINGER" couldnt detect a virus it said that all my files are clean!
HELP!

You're probably being infected or attacked as soon as you connect to the internet. You need to put a firewall of some sort in place before you connect. That's one of the steps outlined here: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000105.html

When i start up my computer i get:
Couldnt open svchost.exe because dltime.dll could not be found

When i press ok button it reapears and when i press ok for 3 times its gone
This has had no influance on my daily computeruse but is just anoying on startup
Please post me an answer soon.
Thanks

Don't know anything specific about that error. I'd probably have you run the system file checker, to start, and then a good spyware scanner.

When I'm running winmx and shut down my firewall (zonealarm 4.5) I get the windows screen indicating that lsass.exe has terminated and the system will shut down (w2k sp1 with all updates installed). My system scans as sasser-free and this error doesn't occur under any other circumstances, so I believe it's just due to the environment not the sasser virus. Can you confirm if other situations can cause the lsass to terminate (just plain old windows instability?)
Also, a second question - the sasser update doesn't install on w2k sp1, and they tech documents are careful to fail to mention it - is w2k sp1 not vulnerable to sasser, or is it wide open to sasser and the windows update wasn't built to protect sp1?

Win2K SP4 (note, *4*) I believe has the patch as part of the SP. If you're back at SP1, then that's fairly old and wouldn't have the patch. LSASS can manifest as a result of several viruses. This article has more: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000114.html - bottom line is to get behind a firewall, and scan for viruses often.

Hello There

When I boot up my computer which is running windows XP home edition, Just before it gets to the log on screen I get error message "Not enough Virtual Memory or paging file quota available to complete this operation". Then it reboots and does the same again. On the heading of the error message box it says Erroe - lsass.exe. I can not change VM because I can not get into windows (even in safe mode). I have important documents on there. What do I do???

Hi,
when i connect to internet ,my system givem me a warning "system will shut down in one minute" and then it starts the count down and finally get SHUT-DOWN .

what shall i do ? as this happens everytime i connect to internet .

Suresh CHandak

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