How to get rid of MULTIPLE "scvhost.exe" instances

[jonathan1107]

I got like 10 running:

1 from "local service"
3 from "system"
2 from network service ...

etc..

how do I get rid of multiple scvhost.exe instances running in task manager?

here's a pic of my running .exe tasks...

 

[natr0n]

I have 9 svchost running you should be fine.

You can try malwarebytes if you think you got something bad.

 

[eidairaman1]

Go to www.blackviper.com

For service fixes.

 

[TRWOV]

You don't want to do that. Each instance monitors different parts of the system. For example, RPC, Windows Defender and Windows Firewall run on different svhost modules.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Svchost is a Service Host process that runs code in DLLs. Process Explorer can show you what svchost instances are running which Windows Services. You may be able to turn a few services off to reduce the number running but you will not be able to eliminate them all because some are critical to the operation of Windows and have been for decades.

 

[Solaris17]

I'll see your 10 and raise you 2

 

[Toothless]

I'll see your 10 and raise you 2

I'll match your 10+2.

 

[Octopuss]

Damnit, when will people learn not to even think about messing with stuff they don't understand?
That's like digging through car engine saying "this hose looks like it shouldn't be here, how do I remove it?". Wait, NOONE does that! So why do people do it with computers?

 

[Toothless]

Damnit, when will people learn not to even think about messing with stuff they don't understand?
That's like digging through car engine saying "this hose looks like it shouldn't be here, how do I remove it?". Wait, NOONE does that! So why do people do it with computers?

Can't learn unless you mess something up right?

 

[Jetster]

Normal, as far a the car analogy I've seen people remove stuff from under the hood that they need

My brother always calls me too and said he want to eliminate some stuff so it will go faster. Like back when you had 128Mb ram. I keep saying with 8Gb or even 4 just leave it be.

 

[Octopuss]

lol there's no hope for humanity then

 

[micropage7]

i have 12
but if you feel like theres something that unusual, scan it first

 

[Rowsol]

Yea, back when I only had 256mb of ram, I did have to delete processes to make the computer run faster. Those were the days.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I'll match your 10+2.

backed up by my 10+2 as well

m'kay i have also some weird process ... ohhh well don't care most of them are Screen Duo routines, monitoring app and such and QQ Tencent process needed to run Blade'n Souls china
29% mem usage in idle ... can handle...

 

[Tatty_Two]

I clearly cannot compete and feel totally inadequate as I have Zero

 

[RCoon]

I like to play taskmanager.exe roulette. Click on a process and hit delete, then sit back and watch if Windows takes a jackhammer to the head. If nothing happens, rinse and repeat, then you'll really know just what Windows needs to survive.

 

[AsRock]

I clearly cannot compete and feel totally inadequate as I have Zero

There you go Tatty found a way to hide them from you ( don't show all processes), and it's pointless disabling as many as possible these days although i do disable printer ( as i do not have one ) and DNS and DHCP as it's setup manually but there is no need to do so what so ever.

 

[Tatty_Two]

There you go Tatty found a way to hide them from you ( don't show all processes), and it's pointless disabling as many as possible these days although i do disable printer ( as i do not have one ) and DNS and DHCP as it's setup manually but there is no need to do so what so ever.

Actually thats exactly how it is, didnt fiddle with anything!

 

[newbsandwich]

Damnit, when will people learn not to even think about messing with stuff they don't understand?
That's like digging through car engine saying "this hose looks like it shouldn't be here, how do I remove it?". Wait, NOONE does that! So why do people do it with computers?

Hey down in the hot south we don't need throttle body heater hoses. A lot of people remove those hoses and plug the lines.
If people didn't dig, tinker, question and mess with things, we would all just accept stuff blindly. It's better to ask than to remain ignorant.

 

[Mindweaver]

I agree with @FordGT90Concept you can use Process Explorer to figure out which ones you don't need. I wouldn't bother turning off any as long as you know your system is clean. You can also, try @RCoon method, but closing one that Windows needs will cause your system to shutdown like Rcoon said with no option to stop it. Just a reminder that most malicious programs using "scvhost.exe" to hide will usually have a high memory usage. By that none of yours look out of place.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I agree with @FordGT90Concept you can use Process Explorer to figure out which ones you don't need. I wouldn't bother turning off any as long as you know your system is clean. You can also, try @RCoon method, but closing one that Windows needs will cause your system to shutdown like Rcoon said with no option to stop it. Just a reminder that most malicious programs using "scvhost.exe" to hide will usually have a high memory usage. By that none of yours look out of place.

Oh, and I thought RCoon was using his dry British humour to basically tell the OP not to mess with his servicehost files.

 

[RCoon]

Oh, and I thought RCoon was using his dry British humour to basically tell the OP not to mess with his servicehost files.

You shouldn't mess with svchost. But when somebody drops off a celeron running Vista, sometimes you've got to be generous to yourself and play some games at the expense of Windows' happiness.

 

[Toothless]

I like to play taskmanager.exe roulette. Click on a process and hit delete, then sit back and watch if Windows takes a jackhammer to the head. If nothing happens, rinse and repeat, then you'll really know just what Windows needs to survive.

Oh! Oh! I have an old XP to do that with. I just gotta get a new charger (NO THIS ONE DIDN'T GET MELTED, IT DIED BECAUSE A FRIEND BEND IT) and run the video camera.

"How many BSODs can we get in 60 seconds?"

 

[jonathan1107]

lol I never thought I'd have so much fun with this thread lol...

The reason I asked is because I just did a clean windows 7 install and I noticed the multiple scvhost instances...

On my previous install I didn't even have more than 22 running tasks and only 3 instances of scvhost

 

[Solaris17]

then the only possible explanation is that we are all heavily infected.