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Install a firewall. Chances are that even though your system may be clean, you're under attack from outside. A firewall will prevent that.

Posted by: Leo at July 14, 2004 7:19 PM

Ok Bro i will do that are you sure it will properly remove the problem.or can i download th file svchost.exe from the site or copy it from the cd again.

Posted by: Sam at July 14, 2004 7:22 PM

If you're not having a problem with your system while you're not connected, then there's nothing to replace. Naturally I would *definitely* recommend the standard stuff: making sure your Windows is up to date, running up-to-date anti-virus software, and so on. But that's all stuff I assume you're doing already since it was covered in the article. Good luck!

Posted by: Leo at July 14, 2004 7:25 PM

Thanks Bro, I will done that now thanks for ur help.God bless you.

Posted by: Sam at July 14, 2004 7:27 PM

Yes here i have a problem,i jus ran a antivirus check in my system it detected a svchost.exe virus, i cleaned my system still its slow.....HElp me out in case of solution mail me2 chanakyan_4u@yahoo.co.in

Posted by: Chanakya at July 15, 2004 8:51 AM

Don't you get exasperated by all the fools who post questions without actually bothering to read your article?

Posted by: Quartermaine at July 15, 2004 4:47 PM

Actually, I keep trying to find the path that leads people to comment on an article without actually being presented with the article. There used to be a couple of ways to get to comments without having seen the article, but I fixed that a couple of weeks ago. I can only believe that there's still some reason I don't understand or some path I haven't found such that people aren't seeing the article before asking questions that are clearly answered in it.

Posted by: Leo at July 15, 2004 5:14 PM

thx for the above.
however, still don't quite get what to do - are you able to point me to something related to the bleow svchost issue?
many thanks in advance, barnaby.
(i use XP on a new machine, with current Adaware, spybot, antivirus software all running) i have a svchost.exe process 'NETWORK SERVICES' that starts whenevcer i connect to my new optusnet provider on a D-link DSL modem, and it normally stays running at about 99% cpu for some time. email and some webpages get thru eventually, when the cpu is free, yet it then clogs up again (it seems to run OK for a bit once it has actually loaded a web-site). if i end the process, it lets a bunch of email or whatever thru (the modem link shows as active), and yet then is erratic in connecting ... yet the network services process doesn't restart unless i reboot / restart the modem. extremely frustrating.

Posted by: barnaby at July 15, 2004 8:26 PM

Are you behind a firewall? It sounds to me like you might be under attach from a different, infected, machine.

Posted by: Leo at July 15, 2004 8:32 PM

please send me svchost.exe remove tools

Posted by: mohan at July 16, 2004 6:24 AM
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