Generic Host Process trouble - How to deal with it painlessly?
Moses Malkovich
Removing svchost.exe will sometimes cause your Windows to not boot at all. svchost.exe process is a part of standard Windows distribution and you can restore it there. Svchost.exe is a service and therefore it shouldn't appear in your autorun list. Each svhost.exe process can host up to 10 different libraries or even more. If you see Svchost in your autorun list, it is probably a virus and not the legal file.
Generic host process runs as host for other services and DLLs. If you are in doubt whether particular copy of Svchost is important or not, better leave it untouched. Do not try to terminate any of those generic host process copies - this will cause some services or programs stop working! Look at the list of hosted applications first to determine if particular copy of Generic Host Process is useful or should be removed. Don't worry if you see several copies of generic host process run in your processes. The most common problem with svchost.exe is
We are sorry for the inconvenience.". If you face Svchost problem, you should not terminate legal svchost.exe files - or things will get even worse! The are about twenty possible reasons of Generic Host Process problem. If you see any error message with Svchost name inside, be sure to immediately stop and investigate this problem. Sometimes users face with Generic Host Process error. It's extremely difficult to determine manually whether your svchost.exe is System1060 virus or not.
If you see error message connected with CashToolbar Downloader-MY, check your computer with anti virus or better with two different ones. Some old printer drivers and scanner drivers from Hewlett-Packard also proved to be incompatible with the current version of generic host process. You may also face svchost.exe problem if you just installed update from Microsoft containing errorneous verison of Windows Installer. Be sure to use msconfig.exe utility to fix svchost.exe error by disabling errorneous hosted services. To fix svchost problem try disabling "Automatic Updates" feature or disable Windows Update service.
Uninstall old printer or scanner drivers from Hewlett-Packard to delete svchost.exe if nothing else helps. To fix svchost error you may also inspect the list of all DLLs hosted by svchost.exe by running the following command: "tasklist /svc /fi "imagename eq svchost.exe".
Actually, you don't need to be a computer savvy to solve this problem. Just find in the vast expanses of Internet something similar to Svchost Fix Wizard, and it'll do all the job for you.
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