Windows 10: Are there other ways to stop svchost.exe?

svchost.exe has made a bunch of themselves in the details part of task manager and is eating up my memory. I know you can't just delete it since it's a vital part of Windows, but this seems a bit counter productive. Most of the tutorials are like "Right click it and go to services, then stop the service." There's way too many files to do that individually and some of them won't even stop, saying "This operation could not be completed."

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RAM Died: svchost error

svchost is part of the OS, it just interacts with other aspects.

 

What does the svchost do?

Lots of Windows services are tied to the SVChost, and /or are listed as SVChost in the process list(s).

Unfortunatley with Vista, there's a lot more dependencies between the services, and thus you'll be FORCED to run more instances of SVChosts; unlike XP where things were more independent and you could disable more features resulting in less SVChost instances. That and XP and Vista are different.

Regardless of your Windows version, you can check out some service slimming guides or goto Black Viper's website and take his advice. Depending on your needs you may be able to cut down the amount of SVChost running, and save some RAM.

XP should never have an SVChost using 50mb. Vista however can.

 

Svchost virus?

Did your antivirus provider identify the malware? If so, did you seek their advice?

You may want to send a copy of the file to VirusTotal for analysis. VirusTotal

Recommend you scan with the Emsisoft Emergency Kit (a free program): How to find and clean malware infections with Emsisoft Emergency Kit If
necessary boot into Safe Mode/Safe Mode with Networking to download and run the scanner or use another computer, put the EEK file on a flash drive and insert the flash drive in the infected computer...you can run the scanner from the flash drive. Other scanners
(some of which may be run in Safe Mode or from a flash drive) that may help with this issue are listed in List
of Malware Removal Tools

OR

IF this is what you are seeing, suggest you follow ALL of the steps (until the issue is resolved) in
this free removal guide https://malwaretips.com/blogs/svchost-exe-virus-removal/

But if you have this malware issue sometimes it will be necessary to reset your computer or do a clean install of the OS.

Recovery options in Windows - Microsoft Support

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