Svchost.exe <- Risky?

[Aran]

hey all.....

I recently heard that svchost.exe was a keylogger that is undelete-able, after Pressing Ctrl, Alt + Delete and checking processes... I saw I had like 7 Svchost.exe's running......... Does that mean I have 7 keyloggers on my PC? And if so, how to delete them? Thanks all

(+rep to anyone who can help)

[g0at]

well, i really hope it isnt a keylogger, or else Microsoft is ripping every single Windows user off.....

here is a little info on it..


The Svchost.exe file is located in the C\Windows\System32 folder. At startup, Svchost.exe checks the services part of the registry to construct a list of services that it must load. Multiple instances of Svchost.exe can run at the same time. Each Svchost.exe session can contain a grouping of services. Therefore, separate services can run, depending on how and where Svchost.exe is started. This grouping of services permits better control and easier debugging.

if your REALLY worried about it, then you can check and see what processes are running in Svchost

1. press start then click on run
2. type cmd and press enter
3. type Tasklist /SVC and press enter

then you get a list of all processes running.....

to answer your question, No, it is NOT a keylogger.

[Relz]

lol svchost is a program needed by windows. everycomputer has it.

[Aran]

phew thank god.

Just when it said SVCHost is a keylogger and I saw a huge long list, I got kinda worried )

Thanks guys.

[omgwhokillme]

I had a huge problem with SVCHost and nill values.... It was a huge pain to get fixed, turns out windows update was the problem O.o

[rudez]

lol i just read the start of this thread looked in my proccesses and saw the svchost and i was lke F*CK F*CK F*CK so then i scrolled down and all was relieved lol

[Ensui]

The only virus I'm aware off named svchost is actually named svch0st or something like that.

[g0at]

^^ true statement, but now AV's pick it up ASAP.