Viruses: How do I keep myself safe from Viruses?

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There are 6 svchost.exe running on my system.My system gets very slow.Three are in small case like "svchost.exe" and three like "SVCHOST.EXE".Is this virus.How to get rid of these .Please help.Thanks

I have been reading through your website and have already learned so much. I am writing because I have a process "svc.host.exe" runing in my task manager, can you PLEASE walk me through removing the cause for this > Thank You, Robert

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If you mean svchost.exe, that's an expected and important
windows process. More here:
http://ask-leo.com/what_is_svchost_and_why_is_there_more_than_one_copy_running.html

If you mean svc.host.exe (with an extra dot), then I'm not
sure. All I can recommend is that you run up-to-date
anti-virus and anti-spyware scans.

Leo

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Please help me
In my computer there is a big problem

in my task manager there are 3 programs running called csrss.exe lsass.exe smss.exe i dont know these are unknown programs my OS is XP Service pack 2

i think they are using my computer and when i use my computer it hangs after sometime(at least 10 minutes i can use) after system formatting they also remain here they cannot be removed by my any work i cannot remove them

can u have a simple complex any solution to remove these file

i also want to know that is these above programs are come with XP cd sp2

i usually take files from pen drive from cyber net

i collect net files by pen drive
i think they are really viruses

plese sent me some solution to remove them

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csrss.exe lsass.exe smss.exe are all part of Windows. Do
*not* remove them.

Leo

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Hey Leo,
My computer recently wouldnt let me access the task manager, so I started following the steps on your page http://ask-leo.com/why_is_my_task_manager_disabled_and_how_do_i_fix_it.html
Then discovered the run button is gone. Then it wouldn't let me go into regedit. Any suggestions. Already downloaded activescan 2.0

i think my coptr is infected;
i hv 3 partitions c , d ,e
from i can not open e & d until i explore them
and whenever i open a folder in these drives
there is an additional folder in it with same name i can delete them niether i can shredd them.
i have avg antivirus but it can not detect any virus. tell me what to do, my task manager is disabled aslo & it has also deleted my intel graphics accelerator & i can not download it back either. i desperately need ur help.

I've tried going to the referenced anti-virus programs and they're blocked. I tried pinging them and each site times out. When I first noticed this problem I tried running my already installed AVG and the program was blocked and I couldn't run any updates or scans. I tried going to their website and it was also blocked.

I cannot access my task manager, my desktop background changed to a message saying I have a dangerous spyware... it all started on livejournal. Also, internet explorer no longer works. I've been using Safari. When I tried to google or yahoo things on internet explorer, all the results were in big letters and when you clicked on them, several ads would pop up.

I know some of my registry has been infected. I'm not sure where to go from here. Help?

well thank you for such a good article.

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