sychost

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amberbootyliscious said:
what is sychost exe that is running on my computer
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If that is the spelling, then it probably is a computer-virus.

Within Windows Explorer, right-mouse-click on the file, once you find it,
and choose "send to compressed file".

Then, right-mouse-click on the file that was just created,
and choose "send as E-mail" to 'virus(at)ca.com'. (Change '(at)' to '@'.)

You'll get a free(!) half-computerized, half-computer-security-researcher
analysis of the file.
 
In addition to Stu, and Melvin good advice, just for grins do a search on
your harddrive for svchost.exe. Look for the directories that come up. If any
of the files are in a directory other than System32 or prefetch than this
could be the problem.

For the benefit of the community reading this post, please rate the pºst.

I hope this post is helpful.

Let us know how it works ºut.

Еиçεl
 
Thank you Engel - even better advice ;) Actually, the original post may not
have been a typo, in which case, I have been presumptuous in thinking so.
Take a look here:

http://www.auditmypc.com/process/sychost.asp

BTW. All of my referal URLs have received the MacAfee SiteAdvisor Plus`Green
Seal of Approval`. :-)

Happy holidays to you and you family.

Stu
 
If you get a copy of Process Explorer from Sysinternals
(www.sysinternals.com), it will show you every sub-process kicked off by
svchost.exe. It can also replace the regular task manager and provides MUCH
more info.

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Mike Matheny

Views expressed herein do not reflect or represent
my employer in any way.
 
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