Multiple instances of svchost running?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by cincinnaticj7, Feb 13, 2011.

  1. cincinnaticj7

    cincinnaticj7 Private E-2

    Dear Majorgeeks,

    I ran off for a fishing trip this last weekend and left the neighborhood kid over to my place to watch my two dogs. (Bad idea is my guess) Now I have multiple instances of svchost applications running that were not running before. I did a virus scan with Avira and Malwarebyte's pro, but nothing is being found. I would go into safemode and my CPU would be running at almost %100 sometimes, but in normal mode, it is fine. Any ideas?

    Thanks for the help.
     

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    cincinnaticj7, Feb 13, 2011
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You always had mulitple instances of svchost.exe running. This is normal behavior.
     
    chaslang, Feb 13, 2011
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  3. cincinnaticj7

    cincinnaticj7 Private E-2

    Thank for the very quick answer!
     
    cincinnaticj7, Feb 13, 2011
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  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome.

    Are you having any actual malware problems?
     
    chaslang, Feb 13, 2011
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