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Comment from atul on 2009-09-16

2009-09-16T11:10:40Z

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

atul

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-19

2004-04-20T05:53:27Z

I'm closing comments on this article.

Please visit the new SVCHOST summary article here: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000105.html

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-10

2004-04-10T17:45:24Z

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!

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Comment from nicelady on 2004-04-09

2004-04-10T05:25:04Z

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.

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Comment from sebbski on 2004-04-06

2004-04-06T15:20:26Z

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.

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Comment from Luka on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T20:14:05Z

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.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T19:40:17Z

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

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T19:30:13Z

Mathew: no error messages?

Leo

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Comment from Luka on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T18:24:15Z

i used symantec's FixWelch and FixBlast an they said that i'm virus free. i also used AVG 7.0 witch is up to date and i updated my windows too.

this svchost is using 100% CPU when i'm offline also, so i doubt that someone is attacking me.

and i've got a new problem! my system is generating an error witch shuts down my system in 1 min.

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Comment from Mathew on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T18:11:24Z

wIN xp Service pack 1. i tried on the microsoft.com

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T17:20:52Z

Luka: you are either infected with a virus, or you are being attacked by one on another machine. Make sure that your virus scans are current, and that your system is fully up to date, including the security patched mentioned in several of the comments here.

Goot luck!

Leo

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T17:19:12Z

Matthew: error messagesa? what version of WIndows? How are you attempting to update?

Leo

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Comment from Luka on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T15:07:10Z

HI again!

i found out, that svchost.exe for RpcSs is my problem. it's using 100% of CPU. any suggestions?

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Comment from Mathew on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T13:50:01Z

I can't update my windows!!! when i start an update installation it stops by it self!

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-03

2004-04-03T17:19:14Z

Well, the symptoms certainly sound like the blaster virus. 1) are the virus scanners up to date? If the database of viruses they're looking for is old, then they might miss this one. Granted, it's hard to imagine all three being out of date. In your shoes I'd head over to the symantec site (http://ask-leo.com/d-symantecavc ) and download and run the blaster removal tool. Heck, I'd grab the Welchia removal tool as well, as both viruses target the same Windows RPC service.

Good luck,

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Comment from Mathew on 2004-04-03

2004-04-03T11:58:29Z

HI Leo! i'm runnung windows XP SP1 and when i log on svchost.exe generates an error witch shuts down my computer in 60 sec. i can stop it just with "shutdown -a" command in my cmd. i scanned my system with 3 diferent anti-virus progs an they said that i'm virus free!

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-01

2004-04-01T22:16:39Z

svchost is a required system component, so shutting down would do exactly as you describe, crash your system or worse.

First, I'd run tasklist /svc in a command prompt, and use that along with task manager to determine which copy of svchost is eating up your CPU, and what services it provides. It's possible that shutting down the associated service *may* (and I really mean *may*) resolve the issue for you.

The site mentioned by previous poster also has good information and a couple of steps you might try. (Specifically, a service to be shut down.)

ABOVE ALL: make sure you are up-to-date with Windows Update.

Good luck,

Leo

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Comment from Luka on 2004-04-01

2004-04-01T19:54:08Z

HI,

my svchost.exe and svchost64.exe are using 100% of my CPU! if i shut them down manualy system reboots. My AVG antivirus says that im virus free and yes i've tried symantec too.

i'm running winXP SP1

PLZ HELP!

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Comment from Cristaldo on 2004-04-01

2004-04-01T13:34:41Z

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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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-31

2004-04-01T05:45:20Z

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

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Comment from mike on 2004-03-31

2004-04-01T05:24:07Z

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!!!

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Comment from Simon on 2004-03-30

2004-03-30T15:25:55Z

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!

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Comment from David Turner on 2004-03-29

2004-03-29T11:12:30Z

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

David

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Comment from David Turner on 2004-03-29

2004-03-29T11:05:29Z

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

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Comment from Hormazd on 2004-03-27

2004-03-27T17:58:24Z

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

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Comment from Shannon on 2004-03-24

2004-03-24T08:12:23Z

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.

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Comment from LeoN on 2004-03-22

2004-03-22T23:47:53Z

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!

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Comment from ren on 2004-03-22

2004-03-22T14:26:31Z

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...

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-15

2004-03-15T21:17:48Z

There is, but most people are getting it via the auto-update feature in XP. You might want to visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and get your system up-to-date.

Good luck!

Leo

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Comment from Hans Weber on 2004-03-15

2004-03-15T16:21:12Z

I'm running Windows XP and my problem with svchost.exe is that it uses so many resources that my CPU is constantly at 100%. This makes it almost impossible to do anything on the internet because pages load extremely slowly. I have just reinstalled Windows XP on a new hard drive so I'm sure this is not a hardware problem.

I'm thinking that it might be the virus problem you mentioned before, but I'm not sure. I know there is a patch for Windows 2000, but is there one for Windows XP as well?

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Comment from Dr. Rajeev Kayestha on 2004-03-14

2004-03-14T12:38:27Z

I am continuously facing this problem of windows 2K svchost.exe error and u need to restart windows. I cant disconnect internet. I do have installed SP4 my Norton Antivirus is also updated. No virus is found upon scanning, but the problem persists, can some one plz help me with some suggestions.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-13

2004-03-14T03:43:12Z

Excellent. All's well that ends well, as they say :-).

Leo

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Comment from Rene on 2004-03-13

2004-03-14T03:41:28Z

Hi Leo

Apologies for the vague post - after I connected completely shut down ZoneAlarm completely, my internet connection started to work again - am posting from home.

All good

Cheers
Rene

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-13

2004-03-14T02:38:32Z

It would help to know specifically *how* things fail - error messages and such. The results of "ipconfig /all" run in a command shell would be helpful when you're connected.

Leo

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Comment from Rene on 2004-03-13

2004-03-14T01:52:16Z

Further to the above post:

I can connect to the internet, but I get absolutely no data transfer, and can not surf pages at all....

Any ideas anyone?

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Comment from Rene on 2004-03-13

2004-03-14T01:50:09Z

Howdy all

Very similar problem to all listed above... I have reformatted and reinstalled three times with Win2k, have tried 2x express install, and have downloaded (+6hrs over dialup) network sp4 install, with the KB823980 patch...

My problem now (and was also on Tuesday last week - it's been over a week now) is that after I formatted, installed the patch, then the KB823980 patch, is that I can no longer connect to the internet at all.

Totally flummoxed. Am posting from my parents place... will check again tomorrow to see if anyone has any ideas, happy to provide more detail.

Cheers
Rene

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Comment from Harpreet Singh on 2004-03-13

2004-03-13T17:40:07Z

i had apply patch KB823980 and it work now i ahd no problem thanks leo

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Comment from Ray on 2004-03-12

2004-03-12T17:26:52Z

Thanks Leo. Will try to find "friend" to download the SP4 "Network Installation" to another computer and burn it to CD-ROM. I thought of this but wasn't sure a CD could be burned (as I'm not that computer savvy).

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-12

2004-03-12T17:03:31Z

Well, getting SP4 on CD certainly seems like the most likely chance for success. Any chance you can take your computer somewhere ... work, a friend or neighbor perhaps, that has a faster connection - like broadband? Or download the SP4 "Network Installation" to another computer (again, perhaps that of a friend) and burn it to CD-ROM or copy it to your computer some other way.

Or the CD from Microsoft could save you a number of headaches for $10. I realize it takes a few days to get to you though.

Leo

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Comment from Ray on 2004-03-12

2004-03-12T16:42:39Z

Having same problem with svchost.exe error message (have Win2K) so read all posts & articles. Ran newest virus scan also FixWelch & FixBlast (nothing found) & also installed Firewall. Have now tried to download SP4... first time internet connection (dial-up connection) was lost after nearly 2 hours with only 24 mins to go. Tried again & after 2+ hours recd error that installation failed!!! Was downloading Express version so now trying full ver but that states more than 7 HOURS to download & if I had trouble with 2+ hour download, well.....
Anything else I can do or must I PURCHASE the SP4 CD from MS??? Needless to say, I am unable to install the 2 recommended patches as I only have SP1 installed & as stated above, cannot install SP4! Thanks in advance for any & all suggestions!

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Comment from Dinesh on 2004-03-11

2004-03-11T13:20:35Z

How to remove svchost.exe erro from window 2000 Professional.

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Comment from Annette on 2004-03-08

2004-03-09T07:49:09Z

In response to "George" posted 02/23/04
I was searching for a solution to my svchost.exe problems and found your post dated 02/23/04 on AskLeo. I'm glad I read through the entire posting because I too suspected Earthlink Total Access 2004 as the culprit. {The svchost.exe problems are connected with the Welchia.B.Worm but ....} I really believe it all started with the TA2004 program. I have had Earthlink {first started as MindSpring in 1998} with no problems until I downloaded the Total Access 2004. My last computer just "crapped the bed" after install of TA2004. I figured it was old, whatever, and I had planned to buy a new one anyway. Bought a brand new HP last month and the ISP software asked for any previous ISP to download ... clicked on Earthlink TA2004 ... found my USER name, etc and proceeded to install ..... same sh_t different computer and I have been struggling ever since... with my new computer. I was able to uninstall the Earthlink program after their tech support ... and cancelled my 5 year subscription. I'm now

I know I can't prove anything re: the Earthlink Total Access 2004 but I'm so glad to have seen your post, I truly feel there's something wrong with their program that has compromised my system to be particularly vulnerable. We'll probably hear something in the future.

Onward Thru the Fog,
Annette

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Comment from Greg on 2004-03-08

2004-03-09T03:18:59Z

I run WIN2K Pro, and I used to have the "Svchost.exe has generated errors . You will need to restart the program" message whenever I was connected to the internet.
My problem was solved as suggested on this webpage. I downloaded all the fixes and applied them step by step as follows:
1- run the Fixwelch tool
2-run Service Pack 4
3- install securitypatch KB823980
4- install security patch KB833330

everything runs smooth now.

Thanks!

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-08

2004-03-08T17:35:01Z

NTFS will not help. As several comments here have mentioned, you need to get to SP4, and the KB823980 patch (links for both are in comments above). As the immediately preceding comment to yours indicates, it's very easy to reinfected the moment you connect to the internet, and you'll have to take some steps as suggested to avoid the immediate reinfection.

Good luck!

Leo

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Comment from Harpreet Singh on 2004-03-08

2004-03-08T15:10:22Z

I have win2k ver 5.0 (build 2195), IE 6 with Sp1 Norton anti virus 2003 totally updated on FAT 32 without any service pack installed. My problem is that when I ever I connect to internet after about 15 - 20 min an error occur SVCHOST.EXE has generated an error and it going to restart, after this error I unable to copy, paste, save web page & open new link and even I didn’t disconnect the net. I formatted my system three times. regularly check virus but I didn't find any virus download patch for MS-blast but it didn't installed on system because it require at least sp2. Shall I go for NTFS will this solve any purpose. Please suggest what can I do to stop this?

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Comment from BabaBhootnath on 2004-03-06

2004-03-06T12:23:31Z

Hey Adama,
Solution of your problem is download the windows update patch "KOB823980".
But if you believe me re-install the windows then very first thing before going online you should do is to install some firewall(I recommend "BlackIce"). Then download this patch and run it. "http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C8B8A846-F541-4C15-8C9F-220354449117&displaylang=en" this link will directly take you to that download.

REMEMBER TO INSTALL FIREWALL BEFORE STARTING INTERNET

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Comment from Adama on 2004-03-03

2004-03-03T12:39:35Z

Greetings,

Binu Thomas. Exactly the same problems you are talking about I am facing. Copy and Paste does not work, I cannot download the Microsoft Serviepacks..... so please maybe you can help, because I cannot even write an email.....

Websites do not open Explorer tells me they are finished but I cannot see anything. If I open the program folder, I cannot see any folders....etc. etc.

I really tried, I installed Norton Firewall FIRST before I even connected to the internet, so I have installed Windows 2000 now for the 7th time...Geez!!!

Maybe somebody can help, cause I am so fed up..

Guidance and Protection

Adama

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Comment from rishesh on 2004-03-01

2004-03-02T03:31:29Z

hi it's rishesh again.
well for my copy paste disabaling and other problems, i ran fixblast.exe(which did not find any blaster worm) and downloaded the pack4 update . now i have a new problem , my computer now gets restarted all of sudden( sometimes it shows svchost.exe and sometimes it does not show and gets restarted).
any tip for getting out of this mess.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-01

2004-03-01T17:12:28Z

Actually, Kent, my experience right now is that while there can be other causes for this problem, viruses are *by far* the leading cause. Because this symptom can result from several different viruses, people are generally having a difficult time tracking down exactly what steps they need to take to eradicate their machines of the virus.

I remain firmly *on* the virus bandwagon :-).

But I look forward to the patch link you mentioned. Thanks for stopping by.

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Comment from Kevin O'Connor on 2004-03-01

2004-03-01T14:35:52Z

Okay, in most cases it's not a virus (lets all jump off the virus band wagon...). I've had the same problem. svchost fails, IE won't allow new windows to be opened and the copy paste facility fails. The only way to solve it is to reboot...

I did find a windows update but the Microsoft update site didn't point me to it, another forum like this one did. I can't find it again but if I do I'll give you the link to the microsoft page where you can download it.

My PC spec for those wondering.
AMD 2000+
Windows 2000
SP 3
IE 6 SP1
Netscape 7.1
Office XP

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Comment from Binu Thomas on 2004-02-29

2004-03-01T05:05:59Z

"svchost.exe generated....." this happens bcz u got blaster-worm (Lovsan) infected in your system. this worm can enter your system at the first time you go online.

After getting infected, copy & paste commands wont work, you cannot disconnect from internet, you wont be able to update windows from microsoft.com.

Dont waste your time applying latest patches and service packs of internet explorer coz this does not actually solve the said problem. The solution/precausion you got to take is, install a firewall which can block trojan attacks. I recommend Trend Micro's PC-CILLIN antivirus. It has a built-in personal firewall which i am sure makes an end of this error.

For more help write me binuthomz@yahoo.com

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Comment from Anonymous on 2004-02-29

2004-02-29T18:39:49Z

Ok...

After extensive searching for 2 hours finally I learned that IT IS the virus and it can in through the internet only whether it be only 2 minutes. The files it copies are very small.

Now I will never go online before installing an AntiV and a firewall.:)

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Comment from Leo on 2004-02-29

2004-02-29T18:27:40Z

Actually the infection can happen that quickly. It can make it VERY difficult, as you've seen, to rebuild and get on the internet long enough to download additional patches without getting reinfected. What I *wish* is that MS would roll the 823980 patch INTO SP4, which would avoid the scenario.

Glad you're working again!

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Comment from SoulSucker on 2004-02-29

2004-02-29T17:27:36Z

Final solution of this problem is "KB823980" patch.

Neither "fixblast" nor "fixwelch" fixes the problem but this patch does the magic.

But I very STRONGLY belive that the real cause of the problem is in the installations of IE6,SP3,SP4...

And I have reasons to believe that because as I said earlier that in just 2 minutes after going online no virus can infect my PC(because dial-up internet speeds are not that fast!!)

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Comment from SoulSucker on 2004-02-29

2004-02-29T16:16:48Z

I'd like to participate in this great discussion of a great problem.

I was getting this error exactly as described by other can't copy-paste,can't open link in new window etc..

What I did was backed up the data, formated the partition and did the fresh install of win2000. Immediately I installed SP4.

Remember I have installed NOTHING else...No floppies or CDs were inserted(ofcourse only one CD of "win2000")

As soon as I started the internet I got this error again in just 2 minutes and I had to control my self not to break the monitor.:(

Now all said...my conclusion is that if it really is the virus then it's got to be in the installation of win2000 or SP4.

And i'm going to try that "welch" and "blaster" uitility if I succeed then tell ya all.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-02-28

2004-02-29T00:17:47Z

Rishesh: you don't need SP1, 2 or 3, if that's what you're asking. Only SP4 (http://ask-leo.com/d-w2ksp4 ) and patch KB823980 ( http://ask-leo.com/d-40112c ).

Good luck!

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Comment from Leo on 2004-02-28

2004-02-29T00:07:16Z

Vanessa: svchost.exe problems can result from several viruses, blaster being only one of them. It's hard to say which removal tool to use without knowing exactly which virus it is (though I'll admit, I'm surprized that virus scanners aren't doing a better job on this one). I would visit symantec's site (this link will get you there: http://ask-leo.com/d-symantecavc ) and search for "svchost" there as well.

In the mean time, to attempt to get SP4 installed, I would first run system file checker (I just posted an article about it: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000074.html - even though it talks about windows XP, it should work for Windows 2000 as well). This should attempt to repair the system files possibly damaged and preventing you from completing an SP4 install. Once that's run, I'd install SP4 and the patch mentioned earlier in the comments here.

Best of luck!

Leo

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Comment from rishesh on 2004-02-27

2004-02-28T03:44:40Z

hi i found a comment posted on ur site that resembled my problem. i get svchost.exe error and y copy, past commands get dissssabled.
according to ur instruction i downloaded fixblast from symentec but it does not detect any virus but the problem persists. i tried to find the patch for win2000 , but i can not find any info about patch 1 and patch 2 for download. why do get over this problem.

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Comment from Vanessa on 2004-02-26

2004-02-27T07:38:00Z

I got svchost.exe virus...
I have tried to install the SP4, but the end of installation that has been closed automatically...
Leo, may u help me?? and i am running in win2k.

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Comment from Sunil on 2004-02-25

2004-02-25T15:28:59Z

Most probably you have a virus..nachi/welchia/spybot or a variant..remove these virus first thru stinger orwelchia fix tool from Symantec, install Service Pack-4, and security patches from Microsoft website. I faced a similar problem..it hasn't repeated since the the last one hour.

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Comment from ilker on 2004-02-25

2004-02-25T11:51:51Z

Hey AAMIR you need to install securitypatch KB823980 and service pack 4 to get rid of this error.You can find this from www.microsoft.com

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Comment from George on 2004-02-23

2004-02-24T03:36:27Z

There seems to be a lot of misinformation about this problem. I can assure you it is not a virus, I went far as to buy a new hard drive, create a NTFS partition, install Win2k with no floppys invloved and ... there is the error. The problem first began when I signed up for Earthlink.

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Comment from ilker on 2004-02-22

2004-02-22T12:07:27Z

I am running Windows 2000 Professional and I have installed Windows Service Pack 4. If you getting the error "Svchost.exe has generated errors . You will need to restart the program". After this you can't open a link in a new window and if you can't copy paste anything. So you need to install securitypatch KB823980 and service pack 4 from that moment on no more errors!!!!!!!! You can find this from www.microsoft.com

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Comment from Leo on 2004-02-18

2004-02-19T00:16:10Z

Win2K (Windows 2000) SP4 (http://ask-leo.com/d-w2ksp4 and patch KB823980 ( http://ask-leo.com/d-40112c )

:-)

Goot luck!

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Comment from Ana on 2004-02-18

2004-02-18T11:15:19Z

Hello, Leo! My problem is exactly the same but I´m running Windows 2000 Professional. My antivirus (AVG) does not detect any virus. Which tool should I download exactly?
Thank you very much for your help!!

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Comment from Redbulletje on 2004-02-16

2004-02-16T19:25:16Z

About 1,5 hour ago I installed securitypatch KB823980 and from that moment on no more errors!! So I keep my fingers crossed!! :)

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Comment from Leo on 2004-02-16

2004-02-16T16:49:31Z

Certain variants of viruses are not detected by the virus checkers it appears. Check symantec.com for Fixwelch.exe and Fixblast.exe. and let us know if either of those resolve the issue. Have also seen lots of reports with people experiencing the same symptoms, and the same frustrations, who are fixed by installing Win2K SP4 and patch KB823980 here http://ask-leo.com/d-40112c .

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Comment from Redbulletje on 2004-02-16

2004-02-16T15:03:55Z

Same problem overhere: svchost.exe gives errors and have to restart before problems are over for a very short while. Only 10-15 minutes everything works right after restart and than trouble starts again.
I've updated McAfee virussoftware, Stinger and updated my windows2000 professional with sp4 and updated IE 6. No viruses were found, but still having the same problems.

Who know's the real solution?

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Comment from LeoN on 2004-02-14

2004-02-14T17:28:52Z

Sounds exactly like the virus. Read the article: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000059.html

Good Luck!

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Comment from karan on 2004-02-14

2004-02-14T16:17:05Z

whenever i log on to internet i receive an error that 9is of SVCHOST.EXE.after that no copy,paste,save command works.

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Comment from Decima on 2004-02-10

2004-02-11T02:12:23Z

I to had this problem and although my anti-virus is updated almost daily i did indeed have a worm. The welchia worm the removal tool from symantec found and removed the worm then i downloaded the patch from Microsoft and all is rosy in computer land again.

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Comment from LeoN on 2004-02-03

2004-02-04T06:26:08Z

I would try the following: ensure that that the virus signatures are the latest possible, run the system file checker, run windows update and install SP4. It definitely sounds exactly like the virus symptoms.

Leo

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Comment from Ashish on 2004-02-03

2004-02-04T04:56:18Z

I am running Windows 2000 Professional with Internet Explorer 6. I have installed Windows Service Pack 3. I am getting the error "Svchost.exe has generated errors . You will need to restart the program". After this I can't open a link in a new window. I can't see contents of the WINNT folder. I can't copy paste anything. Everything becomes ok if I restart. I have scanned with AVG Antivirus but it detects no virus. What Shall I do to solve this problem?

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2004-01-31

2004-01-31T17:09:05Z

You didn't say what version of WIndows you're running, so I'll assume XP. If Windows Update is causing you that kind of grief, then I'd suspect your Windows install has become damaged. I'd run the System File Checker utility to see if anything gets repaired. I mention that utility here: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000053.html

Good luck!

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Comment from Pyramid on 2004-01-31

2004-01-31T08:30:18Z

Ummm... i have a virus scan and it says that im virus free, and yes my anti-virus is up to date. o yea and another thing, my comp wont let me install the windows updates all it says when im downloading it is, "An error has occurd" thats it that's all it says, just an error.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-01-22

2004-01-23T00:17:19Z

No, as the article states, the solution is to rid yourself of the virus you have most likely contracted.

Leo

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Comment from Julio Murillo on 2004-01-22

2004-01-22T23:56:10Z

this error appers when I work in documents the messages is svchost.exe has generated error , the solution is restart your machine?

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Comment from Shaik on 2004-01-19

2004-01-19T08:23:20Z

svchost.exe error / solution please

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