When ever you do ctrl+alt+del and switch to Processes in Windows Task Manager, you for sure see svchost.exe even though you’re finding something else. Don’t you ponder what the heck is this svchost.exe and shoould i kill this? You may think of killing of this process if your system is frozen and clogged with too many processes. In this post we will see what is svchost.exe and is it safe to kill the process.
So, what is svchost.exe
The file svchost.exe is the Generic Host Process for Win32 Services used for administering 16-bit-based dynamically linked library files (DLL files) including other supplementary support applications. As operating systems became more complex Microsoft decided to run more software functionality from a dynamic link library (DLL) interface. However DLLs are unable to launch themselves and require at least one executable program, i.e. svchost.exe, is needed to bridge between the library process and the operating system.
Many instances of SVCHOST.EXE:
There may be many instances of svchost.exe and be cautious that not all instances are legitimate. It may be registered as a backdoor process installed for malicious purposes by an attacker, a trojan or a stealth monitoring software. I am also skeptical why so many instances are running at my PC :S. Analyze it with some tool:
Analyze with Svchost Process Analyzer
The windows task manager only provides this much info which you’re seeing above or you normally see with your task manager. If you need to analyze it further,which you should do, then Svchost Process Analyzer is a good tool. It is a free light and portable tool that does not require installation and comes in handy to tell you what multi-svchost processes are doing? Basically, each instance of svchost.exe masks a series of Windows system services. Svchost Process Analyzer lets you figure out exactly what those processes are. If you find some running processes that you don’t think you need, you can disable those services using the Windows Control Panel to free up some system resources. Here is the screen shot for svchost process analyzer:
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This program is a ruse to get you to buy their Security Task Manager.
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