How do i remove the virus of svchost.exe

Viruses and worms
1

I use Avast Pro 4.8 but it cannot catch the virus of svchost.exe recently infecting on my computer…How could i remove it effectively?..

2

just update your software from

http://www.avast.com/fre/updates.html

or download the new version

avast will catch him 100% 100% i m sure

3

Well, i’ve updated it to v.4.8.1282 and did the scanning but still couldn’t catch it… :frowning:
(By the way, when doing the scanning should i stop connecting to the Internet?..)

4

svchost itself is not a virus and is a requited process of most Windows’ OS. Please read the links below.

http://ask-leo.com/svchost_and_svchostexe_crashs_cpu_maximization_viruses_exploits_and_more.html

http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_fix_this_high_cpu_usage_svchost_virus_or_whatever_it_is.html

More info available from the below ScanDoo/google search results :

http://g.s.scandoo.com/search?hl=en&meta=on&q=svchost.exe

What is the OS of your computer?

How up to date is the OS?

Have all service packs (SP2, SP3, etc) been installed?