What is svc.exe

**(¤¤)»»»»»»Þ** · 09-27-2003, 08:45 PM

Are you sure its not svchost.exe ? because that is a legit file, but i dont think svc.exe is ..

svchost is part of windows.

You usually have a few process's of the same svchost.exe running at ine time

I think i have 5

**(¤¤)»»»»»»Þ** · 09-27-2003, 08:48 PM

Sometimes trojans will rename itself to scvhost.exe ( a typo of the real file so it looks real) so maybe someone made one thats svc.exe , ?? i dunno i would just try it without letting it access , often times its for some microsoft crap you dont need anyways, i always like to start a fresh computer up and then see what runs if i dont allow certain things.. Like you can shut all that remote procedures crap down its not needed and recently has had tons of hole ( like it shouldnt have been expected )

**PersianKitty** · 09-27-2003, 08:54 PM

I'd start by searching for it on your pc.. find out where the file is located. That might give you a clue as to what it is. In doing a search on google, I found several valid programs that use files named svc.exe.

**papa56** · 09-27-2003, 09:01 PM

Thanks (¤¤)»»»»»»Þ and PersianKitty.

I did an initial search for svc.exe on my computer but could not find it.

I am going to try again.

Thanks for the help.

**papa56** · 09-27-2003, 09:14 PM

I just found svc.exe it's path is windows>system32

I scanned it with Norton Anti Virus and it did not show an infection.

Is there any danger of executing this application?

I also found svchost.exe

**(¤¤)»»»»»»Þ** · 09-27-2003, 09:43 PM

It is a legit program but it shouldnt be running . It looks like it runs in conjuction with some sort of logger for win nt , so i wouldnt let it have access , and would monitor that file , also check when the file was created/ last modified and if its recently and you havent installed anythign i would delete it .

**foolio** · 09-28-2003, 01:28 AM

got worms?

**bigdog** · 09-28-2003, 07:08 AM

Originally posted by (¤¤)»»»»»»Þ
Are you sure its not svchost.exe ? because that is a legit file, but i dont think svc.exe is ..

svchost is part of windows.

You usually have a few process's of the same svchost.exe running at ine time I think i have 5

windows sucks

What is svc.exe

What is svc.exe

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