Virus on my computer

[blairgowrie]

I thought I should check the stuff running (control,alt,delete) on my computer against the security risks shown here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/

I was really surprised to see sychost.exe appear several times. It appears to be a well known virus and looks for passwords etc. I was surprised because I run Norton, Sygate, Adware and Spybot latest version.

Anyone know how I get rid of this pest?

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[blairgowrie]

I thought I should check the stuff running (control,alt,delete) on my computer against the security risks shown here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/

I was really surprised to see sychost.exe appear several times. It appears to be a well known virus and looks for passwords etc. I was surprised because I run Norton, Sygate, Adware and Spybot latest version.

Anyone know how I get rid of this pest?

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[steve_v]

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[x6BL_Brando]

Hi BG...S!

You need to be sure of the spelling when you read this.

svchost.exe is commonly seen in the Processes list, it's needed by the OS.

The other spellings - such as svchost s.exe - in that list are the ones to worry about.

Hope this helps http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[blairgowrie]

Thanks Steve. I will sort through all the information at that website. It may not be a virus after all. Svchost.exe seems to be part of Windows 32. The virus is named Svhost.exe. Very close but not the same. However, I will sleep better when I know for sure.

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[blairgowrie]

You are quite right x6BL_Brando. I should have read it more closely. Seems I don't have the bad stuff. Thanks for your input.

I think it was a very worthwhile exercise to compare tasks running with that list.

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