Windows 10: I have crazy ton of svchost running in my computer

I think i'm infected with nasty stuff..

Please help..




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I have crazy ton of svchost running in my computer

Hi kimsoo522

Windows 10 is a mutli-threaded operating system and it divides tasks up into smaller processes that can be run on the different cores of your processor

Rest Assured, it is quite normal in a Windows 10 system to have 70+ versions of svchost running and this is not an indication of any malware on your PC, you have nothing to worry about . ..

 

I have crazy ton of svchost running in my computer

Hi Kimsoo,

I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 2-Year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

Everything is normal. MS last year with the feature updates broke one single Svchost into multiple small processes in order to increase system performance.

Svchost.exe is service host for Windows processes which carries out background tasks in the computer.

 

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.