Svchost.exe error

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Ava

Hi,
After connecting to the internet, I am receiving a popup
that says, "svchost.exe has generated errors and will be
closed by windows. You need to restart the program." If
I stay connected and try to download email through Outlook
or use any Microsoft program, I can't. My printer won't
work, search won't work, norton antivirus won't work. I
haven't seen anyone else so far reporting problems with
svchost so I don't know if I have the virus or some other
related problem. Don't know what to do - really need my
computer (yeah, who doesn't?) Please help.
 
Download and install the ms03-026 patch NOW!
After that, scan your computer for the blaster-worm.

Marina
 
Your not the only one - have a few on my end with the
exact problem. According to Microsoft, SP4 fixes it - it
doesn't. Not sure how to proceed from here, which is why
I'm search here - hoped someone has the answer. Any help
would be appreciated.
 
Ava said:
Hi,
After connecting to the internet, I am receiving a popup
that says, "svchost.exe has generated errors and will be
closed by windows. You need to restart the program." If
I stay connected and try to download email through Outlook
or use any Microsoft program, I can't. My printer won't
work, search won't work, norton antivirus won't work. I
haven't seen anyone else so far reporting problems with
svchost so I don't know if I have the virus or some other
related problem. Don't know what to do - really need my
computer (yeah, who doesn't?) Please help.
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This appears to be a symptom of the blaster worm attempting to access
your Windows 2000 system. You need to install the security update or
otherwise close the port.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast_faq.asp

A good explanation can be found at:

http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=36265

"The worm attempts to infect both Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems.
One of the offsets used by the worm must be different for each of
these operating systems, in order for the exploit it uses to work.
Since the worm does not know what operating system the target machine
is running, it guesses. There is an 80% chance it will attempt to
exploit Windows XP, and a 20% chance it will attempt to exploit
Windows 2000.

If the worm guesses incorrectly and the remote machine is vulnerable,
the process svchost.exe on the target machine will crash. The system
may become unstable, but the infection will fail. "

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