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    svchost.exe - norton

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dimmu, Jan 13, 2007.

  1. dimmu

    dimmu Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    svchost has something to do with norton right? I uninstalled norton but there's still always like 8 svchost.exes running in the background of my computer. anyone know what's up with that, or how to get rid of it?>
     
    dimmu, Jan 13, 2007
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    not really

    a quick overview:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svchost

    & u definitively do not want to get rid of any of it

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 13, 2007
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  3. dimmu

    dimmu Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    OOhh, ok nevermind then. Someone told me it was norton related
     
    dimmu, Jan 13, 2007
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    Well norton does use services, so it would probably add 1 or 2 extra svchost.exe; but it's also used for many other things.
     
    iza, Jan 13, 2007
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