Windows 10: What is Service Host: Server?

Hi all,


My new company requires us all to use Citrix Workspace for office related work. Ever since I've installed this software, I've noticed that my machine is super laggy. Even when I log off of Citrix Workspace and exit the application, I notice it is super slow.


I opened up my task manager and noticed that there is high CPU and Memory usage. Occasionally, even Disk Usage is at a 100%. When I sort by CPU usage or Memory %, usually the culprit is Service Host: Server.


I tried googling this several times to no avail. Every time I mention "high CPU usage" or "high memory usage", all the results point to Service Host: Local Network or Service Host: Superfetch. Not one of the results even contain Service Host: Server in any of them. It's like Server is a ghost that doesn't exist.


I haven't noticed if such a process existed in my system before installing Citrix for the first time, but I am sure that it exists now and is eating up my system resources.


A little background about my device:

This device is at least 6 years old, and I remember having installed some less than legitimate software in it a long time ago. About a year ago, I tried to purge this device of all the **** in it, and one of these apps refuses to get removed. When I try to delete it, I get a message saying that "An administrator has blocked me from running this app." I'm trying to remove it, not run it! I am the admin and the only user of this device. Which admin is blocking me? It's so mysterious. So, I'm guessing it's a virus that has made my device its home and is refusing to leave. However, this was a year ago, and I let it go. I've not had any performance issues and furthermore, I want to save up for a new device that is currently out of my budget, so I need this one to survive until then.

However, the performance lag is unbearable. So, my paranoid self started thinking that ever since I installed this Citrix, this probable virus has reacted to its existence and is turning malicious wasting away my system's resources. Keep in mind that this problem app was installed 5-6 years ago, and I have never had performance issues until a month ago when I had to install Citrix Workspace.


I went on a long story about this, but to summarise:

1. What is Service Host: Server? Is it supposed to exist?
2. How to delete an app which prevents me from deleting it with a message that reads "An administrator has blocked you from running this app"?

Thanks

Shreyas

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