Generic host process vs evil viruses. Fight of millenium

Konstantin Artemev
Thanks to Generic host process you computer runs faster, rather than if each service would run as a separate process. Among other services Svchost.exe serves Windows basic firewall. Stopping this service (if you use it) will make your system undefended. Stopping some instances of Generic Host Process may result in system failure or even worse. Removing Generic Host Process will sometimes cause your Windows not to start up at all. Think twice before you interrupt svchost.exe process service - you will have to use Safe Mode to recover it.

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If you terminate Svchost.exe instance serving Remote Procedure Call your Windows will decidedly fall down and reboot. Svchost.exe process is a part of standard Windows distribution and you can restore it there. If you see Generic host process in your startup list, it is probably a virus and not the legal file. Svchost is a service and therefore it shouldn't appear in your autoload list. As the number of hosted libraries is great, up to eight legal generic host process files can appear at the same moment in your processes.

Don't worry if you see several copies of Generic host process run in your processes. Sometimes users face with Generic Host Process error. If you face Generic Host Process problem, you should not terminate legal generic host process files - or things will get even worse!The are about eighteen possible reasons of svchost error. If you see error window connected with svchosts.exe, scan your system with anti virus or (better) with the two different ones. One of the most important indicators of Svchost32 virus is if you see svchost in your startup list.

It's extremely difficult to determine manually whether your svchost is AGOBOT-KL virus or not. You may see malicious file known as Generic.exe amidst other legal svchost.exe files. The other possible reason of ADCLICK-AX error is a crash of some legal DLL which uses Svchost to run itself at system load. You may also face Svchost problem if you just installed update from Microsoft containing erroneous verison of Windows Installer. Some old printer drivers and scanner drivers from Hewlett-Packard also proved to be incompatible with the current version of Generic host process.


Another known issue of svchost error message is connected with double-byte character set characters support from Microsoft. Be convinced to use msconfig.exe utility to fix svchost.exe error message by unchecking incorrect hosted services. Uninstall old printer or scanner drivers from Hewlett-Packard to fix up svchost.exe process if nothing else helps. Deleting legal Generic Host Process can cause severe system instability. Backup registry before trying to solve Svchost.exe by editing the appropriate registry keys that connect svchost.exe with hosted services.

Often saving from svchost error message without intimate knowledge of Windows system architecture leads to undesired consequences. Use professional services to save from Generic Host Process if you are not sue what you are doing.

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Konstantin Artemev

Working for five years in the area of computers repair and having some writing skills the author could not some day come past an opportunity to help other people with their computer-related problems.
The main job of the author is technical support at Security Stronghold company - the leading provider of anti virus, anti spyware and problem-solving solutions.
In his spare time the author likes to write articles helping users solve their computer-related problems.