Svchost

Hello,

I have a computer that had a bad case of virus infection.
Norton did not help, had to do Smithfraud.
Then I started to get the svchost error on startup.
I did not know what else to do so I did a repair install of windows, then
downloaded all the critical updates and now it's doing it again.

Please help. I ran out of ideas.

"Sirius" <nospam22-nospam@yahoo.nul> wrote:

> I have a computer that had a bad case of virus infection.
> Norton did not help, had to do Smithfraud.

Do not install any Norton-/Symantec software.

> Then I started to get the svchost error on startup.
> I did not know what else to do so I did a repair install of windows,
> then downloaded all the critical updates and now it's doing it again.
>
> Please help. I ran out of ideas.

Why don't you retrieve a clean system backup. In case that you failed
to create such backup you may want to consult
"Cleaning a Compromised System"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...mt/sm0504.mspx

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Sirius wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a computer that had a bad case of virus infection.
> Norton did not help, had to do Smithfraud.
> Then I started to get the svchost error on startup.
> I did not know what else to do so I did a repair install of windows, then
> downloaded all the critical updates and now it's doing it again.

At this point you should back up your data and do a clean install of
Windows. I'm sorry that isn't what you want to hear, but it is the only
way to get an uncompromised and working system at this point.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...alling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP

Because of the previous virus infection I was told to disable system restore
so I don't have a clean backup to go back to.

I will read the article, thank you very much.


"Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message
news:aa52446ddfad1ab988fc01046e45b45f@d-d.mvps.org...
> "Sirius" <nospam22-nospam@yahoo.nul> wrote:
>
>> I have a computer that had a bad case of virus infection.
>> Norton did not help, had to do Smithfraud.
>
> Do not install any Norton-/Symantec software.
>
>> Then I started to get the svchost error on startup.
>> I did not know what else to do so I did a repair install of windows,
>> then downloaded all the critical updates and now it's doing it again.
>>
>> Please help. I ran out of ideas.
>
> Why don't you retrieve a clean system backup. In case that you failed
> to create such backup you may want to consult
> "Cleaning a Compromised System"
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...mt/sm0504.mspx
>
> --
> d-d

"Sirius" <nospam22-nospam@yahoo.nul> wrote:

> Because of the previous virus infection I was told to disable system
> restore so I don't have a clean backup to go back to.

Well, the System Restore tool is somewhat limited and does not replace
any system backups. In addition, that tool does not clean a compromised
system.

> I will read the article, thank you very much.

You're certainly welcome.

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d-d

Does the number mean anything to help? Thank you

0x7c9105f8 at 0x00000010

"Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message
news:aa52446ddfad1ab988fc01046e45b45f@d-d.mvps.org...
> "Sirius" <nospam22-nospam@yahoo.nul> wrote:
>
>> I have a computer that had a bad case of virus infection.
>> Norton did not help, had to do Smithfraud.
>
> Do not install any Norton-/Symantec software.
>
>> Then I started to get the svchost error on startup.
>> I did not know what else to do so I did a repair install of windows,
>> then downloaded all the critical updates and now it's doing it again.
>>
>> Please help. I ran out of ideas.
>
> Why don't you retrieve a clean system backup. In case that you failed
> to create such backup you may want to consult
> "Cleaning a Compromised System"
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...mt/sm0504.mspx
>
> --
> d-d

"Sirius" <nospam22-nospam@yahoo.nul> wrote:

> Does the number mean anything to help?
>
> 0x7c9105f8 at 0x00000010

You can use the keywords "0x7c9105f8 svchost" for a Google search, how-
ever, that means wasting your time with patchwork - the quoted article
below tells you why this is the case. Good luck.

>> "Cleaning a Compromised System"
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...mt/sm0504.mspx

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d-d

"Sirius" <nospam22-nospam@yahoo.nul> skrev i meddelelsen
news:6vapj.649$f73.485@trndny08...
> Hello,
>
> I have a computer that had a bad case of virus infection.
> Norton did not help, had to do Smithfraud.
> Then I started to get the svchost error on startup.
> I did not know what else to do so I did a repair install of windows, then
> downloaded all the critical updates and now it's doing it again.
>
> Please help. I ran out of ideas.
Would like to hear some more about it even I cant tell you what to do.
I´m troubled by this 'svchost' too. Norton Internet Security on my
machine blocks it the all time. I dont know if it´s a virus. Could
someone tell?.
Thank you
--sen