svchost.exe error: svchost.exe has generated an error - now what do I do?

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sorry if this is a constant repeat of a similar problem everyone else is having...

my isp is also earthlink and after installing windows xp i installed ta: 2004. i kept on getting an rcp: system restart problem. i downloaded two fixes one for the welchia worm and another for the blaster worm then i downloaded two windows security updates and i updated my virus definitions for norton.

when i go online i get an error from norton saying that i have the welchia worm and so on... but when i do a full systems scan norton can't find the virus. same thing with the fixes, they both can't find anything on my computer. (i don't know if this makes a difference or not but i scanned my computer in safe mode as well- still nothing) when the error message comes up the problem file has a (file name)"[1]".exe the end... i'm guessing that the fixes/norton can't recognize the virus because of the "[1]" added on to the name.. but i don't know =/

[a similar problem happened before when i downloaded earthlink's ta: 2003 online... only i received the blaster.e.worm before but that problem was quickly fixed after i googled it... this time the problem isn't being fixed as easily...]

i feel really silly about this because i'm probably not even doing the right things to fix it.. and i apologize if this is a bother for you...

but please help...

If you haven't used it, Symantec has a welchia removal tool. Visit them via http://ask-leo.com/d-symantecavc

The problem is that some of the worms are smart enough to interfere with anti-virus tools. FWIW the "[1]" is probably not an issue, but if you know the filename, you might try renaming it, rebooting, and seeing if the virus scanners can clean it up then.

Good luck!

Leo

Hmmm...prolly gonna have to e-mail me the fix (if any).
Win2k professional and the svchost.exe problem as well....but the problem occurs RANDOMLY and don't knock anything out here...sounding like a virus that AVG missed, checked a whole mess of things, and like the others, found no viruses.
Only indication of a problem initially is 2 occurances of svchost...1 with 3300 used and the other a whopping 13300 in memory used...sound like a virus to you Leo?
PLEASE EMAIL preferrably too...I only stumbled across this site and going to be away for a few weeks for work.

Hi there i tried every thing update antivirus download sp4 download patch KB823980. Still i get the error. Can anyone help?

Hi,
Just another queery on svchost.

I hve at least 6 svchost running on my machine,
What I'm concerned about is that they are all in uppercase, SVCHOST.EXE
I have read on a site somewhere that if they are in uppercase then I have a virus, my machine keeps shutting down, I am running windows XP, and have done all the virus checks with Norton, can any one advise???

Thanks in anticipation

David

Hi again
Sorry gave you wrong e-mail address in my previous post

David

I have this svchost error too. I have found the best solution. Chuck the damm thing in the skip, buy yoursel a pair of hiking boots and an OS map and enjoy the great out doors!

Leo...I've been thru all of the mentioned problems here. I too am having sluggish response times, mainly due to the fact that svchost.exe is eating up 50%-85% CPU Usage. I've just finished all of the necessary updates - Windows (XP Pro), SpyBot S&D, and NAV full system scan. However, nothing has changed. Any additional tips? TKS!!!

First step I'd take would be to use tasklist /svc and the task manager to identify which instance of svchost is eating the CPU, and what services it's attempting to provide.

Leo

Hi everybody,

I'm another member of the svchos.exe-affected clan (some minutes after installing WIN 2000 and connect to internet)...I also take part on the No-fucking-idea-of-computers.exe vip-club...

I've checked your interesting advices, a bit mixed up...and, only to organize my current disturbed mind, could anyone provide a basic reacction protocol for tech-silly entities like me??

It would be frankly kind...and a reason to adorate and venerate you guys!

Thanks in advance and keep on going Leo

PS: I think that for many of you (mainly the virus-cause supporters)this link would be pretty interesting:
http://www.huguesjohnson.com/svchost.html

It's a complete study of the svchost.exe related problems issue. Really formative, but I can't understand everything...he found a permanent solution, but require procedures that I don't know

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