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Lsass.exe and svchost.exe are required system files for Windows NT, 2000 and XP. If you delete them without care your system may become unbootable.
Can I delete lsass.exe? svchost.exe?
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If you're running Windows XP, 2000, 2003, or NT - Absolutely NOT.
These are required system files. Windows won't run without them. See these articles for more information:
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Article C1962 - May 30, 2004
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Sorry Here is my predicament saidmore clearly.
Posted by: Trina at November 21, 2008 12:24 AMI deleted svchost.exe
I found a copy of svchost.exe
I put it in the windows32 file
My computer sees it and says theres an error (sorry dunno what it is right now)
Is there a way of properly activating it or fixing it.
I wouldlike to avoid reloading windows.
PLEASE HELP (Hope this was clearer)
hi Leo, can you help me w/ my problem of SVCHOST.EXE that is eating up my memory/cpu usage.. i'm using windows xp sp2,can i have a step by step manual correction for this matter...
Posted by: Vince at April 1, 2009 6:29 PMthanks!
Hello
My svchost.exe i guess it is infected
because each time i upload a file to my hosting, it looks fine, but after a while , i see a java script line added to my index page and this is malaware . in google my sites started showing that it this site might harm your pc.
i made format to my pc, and again i was attacked by the same problem,
I tried 4 different hosting companies, they said that someone has access to my passwords to do that, i changed password and still same problem.
i was reading http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/svchost/
so how to deal with that?
Posted by: mike at May 9, 2009 2:43 PMthanks
I have three or more entries of svchost.exe in TasK Manager.
When I end the svchost process with the highest CPU-time
after som time i get the message that a shutdown is coming.
For that I am prepared in cmd to abort that shutdown.
Is this a virus.
I have a screenshot of task manager but I do not know how to send it to you.
Zone Alarm detected 55 attempts to go outbound.
Before that I had 1175 viruses all of them with names of
movies.
I removed them with a trial of Avira Pro.
I am using Virtual PC on a Mac G4 (QuickSilver) 2 processors
and 1.5 Gb core.
Have a nice day!!
Posted by: Frank Rojer at May 18, 2009 8:29 PMWhy does lsass.exe happily "export" data from my computer without my consent or knowledge ?. I observed this when I recently installed PC Tools Firewall Plus. Chunks of outgoing data was been recorded which originated from this program. Over 2 Mbytes had already been recorded as outgoing and about 1.5M as incoming by this exe.
Posted by: Theunis at April 25, 2012 6:02 AMI have now used PC Tools Firewall Plus to completely block it and Nothing is now being "exported" nor received. Windows does not appear to have any problems with it being blocked from accessing the Internet.
I was always wondering where the extra use of my bandwith was coming from and it now appears that I have found the culprit.
SvcHost as far as I can see is essential but it shows no abnormal activity.
So what is lsass.exe really is it Microsoft Spyware?
What is it's function ?