If it is taking up large amounts of CPU power or causing high network traffic for extended periods of time you may have a memory leak, virus, or may need to reinstall certain software. No, it is not. The true svchost. However, writers of malware programs, such as viruses, worms, and Trojans deliberately give their processes the same file name to escape detection.
There is no need to worry if too many svchost. Its absolutely normal and a feature by design. Its not any issue or problem in your computer. You have to prevent the service from starting automatically. An easy way to do that is to use the Autoruns program. Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.
Kapil Arya [Directly]. With Windows 10 V, Microsoft restructured Service Host to host only one process rather than grouping of processes. So if your system RAM is more than 3. On systems with RAM lesser than 3. Hope this answers your query!
DaveM Independent Advisor. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. Posted 12 February - AM. Hi I have multiple processes running on the computer especially the svchost. Okay so I researched on the internet for possible solutions, msconfig to disable unwanted programs done, run full scan malwarebytes and mse done, nothing found.. Tried using microsoft fix it tools nothing found, anyway if you need some log files for further checks I can send it here, I just don't want to mess up with my laptop that's why I am asking for help in this site.
I have just looked at running processes on my XP and there are at least 7 or 8 versions of svchost. Update and run a Full Scan with your Antivirus. Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop.
Click on the Scan button. After the scan has finished, click on the Report button If you see any which you do not want removed, remove the check mark next to it. Next : Click on the Clean button only once to remove the selected items. You will receive a message telling you that all programs will be close so that the infections can be removed. Click on OK, and then OK again to confirm the reboot. When cleaning process is complete a log AdwCleaner[S0]. Please Copy and Paste this log in your next post.
Posted 14 February - AM. Okay, scvhost is a service host used by windows, over the years the amount of services each process holds has been reduced resulting in an increased amount of instances of this process running on newest versions of windows, this means that when a service inside a scvhost fails only that scvhost process and all of it's services fail, instead of every single service failing. If your only concern was about the amount of scvhost instances in your task manager you shouldn't worry mutch, just make sure you run an Anti-Malware tool once in a while.
Anyways, feel free to follow the steps provided by noknojon to do a general clean up of your computer. This makes it very easy to identify which services belong to each instance of the Service Host process. Microsoft also provides an excellent advanced tool for working with processes as part of its Sysinternals lineup.
Process Explorer provides all kinds of advanced features—and we highly recommend reading our guide to understanding Process Explorer to learn more. The process itself is an official Windows component. Is Windows Defender Good Enough? That said, if you still want a little more peace of mind, you can always scan for viruses using your preferred virus scanner.
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