Comments on: Windows System Processes - Differentiate Between Safe and Unsafe Processes

By: Kelly Wright

Kelly Wright — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:03:10 +0000

Yes, looking at processes is the first thing to do when undergoing malware attack. Unfortunately, Windows Task Manager doesn’t show all the needed info (like related DLL’s) and the path (e.g. svchost located in C:\Windows is not valid), so again there’s a need for 3d party software…
2 miracle strain: there can be multiple instances of svchost running in Task Manager - it’s OK. The cause of worm alert is most likely the result of smitfraud infection. Anyway, hope you have resolved the trouble.

By: miracle strain

miracle strain — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:38:30 +0000

Hey there, I read the blog and it is very useful, I want to know how to get rid of the svchost.exe program (a virus), because there are 4 to 5 svchost.exe programs running and also I have got an alert about the worm. Please help.

By: Odzyskiwanie danych

Odzyskiwanie danych — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:03:36 +0000

When it comes to strange process I Google search the file name. Usually it shows the potential danger of the file.
(I checked if I have svhost.exe running though)

By: Vol Cars

Vol Cars — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:29:57 +0000

Good one man!!
Looks like its all gonna be better for me when i start to have a serious considerations on all the points that you have mentioned. Good tips on the windows applications and safety regarding spyware and viruses.

By: Haruyoshi

Haruyoshi — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:54:51 +0000

Thanks for the useful and interesting article, I will find which are unsafe in my processing.