.NET Tips and Tricks

Svchost.exe is the most mysterious process in Windows XP/Vista. Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs).

The authentic svchost.exe file is located in C:\Windows\System32, but numerous viruses and trojans use the same file and process name to hide their activities.

Svchost Process Analyzer lists all svchost instances and checks the services they contain and it’s absolutely free.