SVGHOST keeps downloading stuff??

[marco]

How do I stop svghost from downloading megabucks in the background?
This stopped for some months and now it has started again.

 

[doggy_g_d]

http://www.google.co.za/search?q=svghost

 

[boramk]

Virus?

 

[S1ght]

umm...svghost? thats not a windows thing is it? I mean svchost is but I've never heard of svghost before, maybe a virus then?

 

[SoTrue]

Is it "svchost" or "svghost"?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Is it "svchost" or "svghost"?

was about to ask same.

 

[howardb]

svghost is a backdoor trojan - what antivirus and firewall do you have?

 

[killadoob]

Turn off automatic updates.

 

[marco]

Sorry. SVCHOST.exe
All automatic updates stopped but this programme is chowing my bundle away. Stopped it with DU Supercontroler. But this is a trial programme only.

 

[Ivan...]

its probably malware using svchost.
rather do a full antivirus and spyware scan and see what you find.

 

[ProAsm]

Download Zone Alarm Personal Firewall then block its access.
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/1025_update/zaSetup_en.exe
You will be amazed how many little programs access various websites in the background.
Often only once a day but they are harmfull and often anti virus software never detects them.

 

[The_Techie]

Any good firewall, such as ZoneAlarm or Comodo should enable you to limit/refuse internet access to svchost.exe

I personally use NetLimiter 2 Pro, though it's not free