Juliettebrandice

If your Windows XP can run without "svchost" then OK but from my own experience XP becomes unstable (and will probably crash) if "svchost" is not running.

Now, I do know that "svchost" causes your PC to become vulnerable by accessing the internet and opening ports without your permission, this is what first brought this “MS app” to my attention. However, I found that if I blocked "svchost" from accessing the internet with my firewall my XP remained stable while the expected vulnerability, i.e. opening unprotected ports, no longer happened.

You have said:If you deleted svchost.exe from your hard drive then it could not come back so I guess what you really mean is that you terminate it when it starts to run.

Either way, I think you have taken care of the symptoms without curing the problem, i.e. you still have a virus on your system but now you can’t see what it is doing.

But as you said, it works for you.



UK Bob

"What everyone on here does is up to them, and I guess the REAL moral to the story (if we are dealing with morals) is dont use programs to illegally download music and you wont have any problems."

At first I wondered whether you're just stupid or whether you're actually paid to give such a false advise regarding viruses etc. Thanks for clearing that up. Now I know you're really full of ****. Let me tell you this, even the most stupid subject of a Windows user will someday learn how to use a computer properly, possibly just by getting rid of Windows. By pumping your stupid viruses into P2P networks, you're simply accelerating evolution. Some may die in the process but the species as such will become stronger. Then your times are finally over. Don't expect mercy.