i had that....only it wasnt local service....thats the first application i end right away when i get on my dads computer cause it takes up so much memory and crap...i don't even think it is spyware


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Google Search for svchost.exe

Here

svchost.exe is:

svchost - svchost.exe - Process Information
Process File: svchost or svchost.exe
Process Name: Service Host Process
Description: Application that works as a host process for services that run from dynamic link libraries.
Company: Microsoft Corp.
System Process: Yes
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): No
Common Errors: N/A

Wait - are you sure it wasn't svchostx.exe? with an X? Because that is like an evil spyware program, not the real svchost.exe.

Also I think its nice to point out that there are usually 2 to 3 instances of svchost.exe running in the background at any one time. And I dont think its good to just end it out of the blue cuz from my own experience, WinXP just crashes.

I just opened up my proceses list, i have four named SVCHOST.EXE. The first one is on the usere name LOCAL SERVICE, second is on the name NETWORK SERVICE, and the last two are under SYSTEM. Between all four of them they are eating up over 6,500 K in memory. Tell you the truth thats the first time ive noticed they took up so much.

SVChost (service host) is like a layer for dlls.

Think of it as rundll32 in Win98.

There's 4-5 becaus ethere's 4-5 DLLs that need running. Disable some services, and it'll get less.

I have 3 running at any given time . All of em are system and/or network services.

check out Blackviper for more details

kev, are you really bored now??

Type in Start->Run...-> "msconfig.exe" (not exist in win2000 just XP and 98)
Or
Setting->Administrative Tools

Go to services and clean everything you think is trojan/spyware/virus etc... be sure to check each file.

Its also good place to take some crap out of your computer and optimize it. As well as checking msconfing startup ****.

do NOT use msconfig. That does not disable them, only REMs them. Disabling means not loading, period. Again, go to the site to see which services to disbale and which to keep. Disabling the wrong one could lead to serious problems.

Pieman is right, svchost.exe is designed to host DLLs. Here is quote from MS for anyone would like some more information;

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At startup, Svchost.exe checks the services portion of the registry to construct a list of services that it needs to load. Multiple instances of Svchost.exe can run at the same time. Each Svchost.exe session can contain a grouping of services, so that separate services can run, depending on how and where Svchost.exe is started.

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As stated, be careful with msconfig. I recommend that you only remove items (ie. remove ticks from checkboxes) from the "Startup" Tab, as if you start playing around with SYSTEM.INI or the other tabs you could really trash something.

There's not much that can be done with svchost.exe, except to make sure that any services that you do not need are stopped, and that no programs that you do not need are running.

Extra worthless info if you get svchost errors they could be caused by MSBLAST.
BTW who care if something takes up 6.5mb doon't most of us have 512mb Ram and up ?

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I dont care about the RAM, I have 512 + 128 (too lazy to add), my problem is that it's taking up massive CPU usage. It starts off at about 1-2%, but after a few hours, it's up to 50%, and after a full day it's hovering around 80%. I have to either end the process or restart my comp and I have no idea why it's progressively taking up CPU usage.

Have you scanned for trojans, etc? Also, you're not running SETI or Folding or anything like that are you?

No trojans, or the programs (?) you're referring to