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07-11-2008
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| | Re: svchost - continually reading files richgk wrote: Quote: > Specifically svchost periodically (about every hour) begins to read > C:\program files\world of warcraft\data\patch.mpq which is a huge file. > This isn't the only file it likes to read often. > > What is actually causing this? Is this superfetch's doing? I'd be surprised > as I only played wow once since installation last night and the file has > now been read about 9 times today. > > Indexing is switched off by the way. Svchost host other processes such as DLL(s). You can use Process Explorer and go look at a Svchost and see what it is hosting. Go to menu View/Show Lower/Pane/Show All Dll(s), which will show everything that's being hosted by a process in the upper pane when you click on a running process. You can right click a line in the upper or lower pane and go to Properties. http://www.download.com/Process-Expl....html?hhTest=1 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...s/default.aspx I am not saying you have malware, but you have the information and what tools to use to look at things for yourself. <http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hidden_Backdoors_Trojan_Horses_and_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html> http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/CurrPorts/cports.html |
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07-11-2008
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| | Re: svchost - continually reading files On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:21:10 -0400, the wrote: Quote: > richgk wrote: Quote: >> Specifically svchost periodically (about every hour) begins to read >> C:\program files\world of warcraft\data\patch.mpq which is a huge file. >> This isn't the only file it likes to read often. >> >> What is actually causing this? Is this superfetch's doing? I'd be surprised >> as I only played wow once since installation last night and the file has >> now been read about 9 times today. >> >> Indexing is switched off by the way. > Svchost does nothing on its own. As part of the name *host* implies, > Svchost host other processes such as DLL(s). > > You can use Process Explorer and go look at a Svchost and see what it is > hosting. > > Go to menu View/Show Lower/Pane/Show All Dll(s), which will show > everything that's being hosted by a process in the upper pane when you > click on a running process. You can right click a line in the upper or > lower pane and go to Properties. > > http://www.download.com/Process-Expl....html?hhTest=1 > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...s/default.aspx > > I am not saying you have malware, but you have the information and what > tools to use to look at things for yourself. > > <http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hidden_Backdoors_Trojan_Horses_and_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html> > http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/CurrPorts/cports.html got round to learning how to use it yet. Unfortunately I have to wait until it decides to do it again! |
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