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

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Mathew: no error messages?

Leo

Luka: it *so* sounds like the virus and RPC vulnerability. It echos most of what we;ve deduced here, but visit this page: http://ask-leo.com/d-blkrpc - he has step-by-step instructions. Best of luck!

Leo

Hi Leo!
New problems.I installed winxp updates on microsoft.com, but next time i checked for new updates, those witch i "already installed" were there. i did it for 3 times already.

I have just the same problem as matthew, it's the same service eating all my CPU. I have even tried to format my HD, but it's still eating 100% of my CPU, so now im running on totally new-formatted windows with service pack1 and ad-aware and Norton antivirus 2004.

I started getting this svchost.exe error when I had to disable the firewall in order to download the TurboTax updates. (I love TurboTax, but this is disgraceful. It should be able to play nicely with a firewall.) Anyway, it was my husband's job to keep the PC in good shape, but he's gone now and and I am pretty much clueless when it comes to fixing problems. Following your earlier instruction, I opened a command prompt and tried "tasklist" but it says there is no such command. I think it is going to be a long and painful process.
But bless you all for being here and posting your problems and solutions.

Yes, TASKLIST.EXE isn't in XP Home, so I suspect that's what you have. Process Explorer, while a little more geeky (ok, a lot more geeky, but with lots of other goodies for us geeks :-) can also be used to perform the same tasks. Process Explorer is available over at sysinternals: http://ask-leo.com/d-sysinternals

Good luck!

Leo

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Got error message"0x7588ba9d" error message - can you please help. Many thanks

atul

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