How To Remove svchost.exe

svchost.exe is technically a generic name of a legitimate Windows OS process which can obviously be found active through Task Manager. In most of the cases, the file can be seen active in multiple numbers. Being more precise, svchost.exe indicates to Service Host Process that handles actually a number of services on Windows, and this is why seeing multiple svchost.exe in processes tab within Task Manager is normal. Since every svchost.exe is associated with separate processes, the functions of each may vary. Speaking about one of its functions, svchost.exe is essential to deal with services related to network connectivity.

So, if you end up to notice a number of svchost.exe active processes, then it’s normal and you needn’t to worry about it.. however, In many cases the criminals may also use svchost.exe name to disguis their malicious files or processes that runs on windows and appears identical to legitimate process. In such instances, the victims are expected to suffer unwanted issues or problems like slow PC performance, eruption of error messages, stuttering of games and applications installed, and many more. In such cases, the users are suggested to scan their machine to detect and remove svchost.exe process which is associated with malicious tasks.

Speaking about how to justify between legit and malicious svchost.exe processes on computer, this is a bit hard as the name appears to be same. But, generally the location of legit svchost.exe file is C:\\windows\System32\ or C:\\SysWOW64\ directory. So, if you locate the file svchost.exe in any other directory then it might be a malicious one. In some cases, the malicious file may also be incorrect like svhost.exe, which clearly indicates itself to be not a legitimate service host file. Obviously you should remove svchost.exe malicious copies from your compromised machine soon to avoid dangerous consequences in future.

How malicious svchost.exe processes can be dangers?

Most probably, the criminals use to disguise their malicious codes like trojans in name of svchost.exe, and if such trojans are active, you might aware of what wrong can be done with your system. A trojan is a specific malware that is said to be highly precarious as it can do various tasks like corrupting your system files, damaging your saved data, allowing hackers to get remote access on computer, spying over your online or offline activities, and many more. Means, the consequences caused by a trojan is really intolerable. In order to remove svchost.exe malicious copy, refer to guidelines discussed below.

As mentioned earlier, cyber-criminals have expertise to use some of the services offered by Windows System process as vulnerabilities. They usually mimic a legitimate system process with name of the Trojan or malware. They create the process of a Trojan same as some legitimate system process. In some cases, they easily get differentiated from legit processes however; some cases can be extremely difficult to distinguish.

If you examine the Windows process category in the Task Manager, you would easily notice the legitimate system process. However, if you notice duplicate files process, one must be a malware. This type of Trojan or malware continuously mines bitcoin or other crypto-currencies and this is a very high resource extensive process. The overall speed and performance of the PC gets extremely slow and sluggish. For depth enquiry, you can right click on the doubtful process and choose file location option in order to see the associated program. As a simple rule, if the file is stored in Windows/System32 folder, it is legitimate.

On the other hand, if the process is stored in the user’s processes or “Open the file” for the process leads to any random directories then it is doubtful. You should immediately scan your work-station with a powerful anti-malware tool. Remember that manual removal of harmful process related to Trojan or suspicious files are very difficult due to its deep intrusion and integration with the OS.

How to Remove svchost.exe

The first thing that you should do is to scan your work-station with a powerful anti-malware tool and that will be very helpful. On the other hand, if you have backup of your important data in any external clean location such as hard-drive or pen-drive etc. then formatting the infected hard-drive of the PC may also work for you. Remember that formatting the hard-drive may work for one PC but if the infected PC is connected with a network of PCs then this step will go in vain.

Click on the “Download” button to use “SpyHunter” anti-malware tool to clean your workstation.

 

• On click on the download button, the file named as “Spyhunter-Intaller.exe” gets downloaded.

• In the downloads dialog box, choose “SpyHunter Installer.exe” and open the file.

• Select “Yes” in the “User Account Control” dialog box.

• Select the language you prefer and press on “OK” to get next step

• In order to process the installation, press on “Continue”

• Accept the privacy policy and end user agreement.

• Open “SpyHunter” by locating its icon on the desktop or search it on Windows “Start” menu.

The next step is to use “SpyHunter” for PC scanning and malware removal.

• Go to the “Home tab” and press on “Start Scan” button

Wait for the few minutes to scan gets completed. On completion, it scan result report is presented on the screen.

⇒ Register for the Spyhunter and remove svchost.exe and all detected threats

To delete svchost.exe and all associated threats found through the system scan, you need to register for the SpyHunter:

• Click on the register button available on the top-right corner of the program window,and then click on buy button.
• You will automatically be redirected to the purchasing page, enter your customer detail and valid email address,
• After the successful payment, you will receive email confirmation message. The email contains the account information such as usernames and passwords and so on,
• Thereafter, enter the same detail in the Account tab of the settings section of the program. Now, you can avail full features and protection to your system.

⇒ Steps to remove svchost.exe and other detected threats:

Spyhunter antivirus tool categorizes the type of objects detected during system scans in total five sections – “Malware“, “PUPs” (Potentially Unwanted Programs), “Privacy“, “Vulnerabilities“, and “Whitelisted objects“

Select the object you want to remove and then click on Next button (you can quarantine an object so that you can anytime restore it to the system using restore feature)