Why does svchost.exe need to connect to the Internet

Posted by sudhirmangla June 24, 2008

Service Host (Svchost.exe) is the Microsoft Generic Host Process, which acts as a host for other processes running from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). Multiple entries for this process might be present in the Task Manager list. The Svchost.exe file is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder. When Application rules are configured in Comodo Firewall pro, Svchost.exe will have % SystemRoot%\System32\services.exe as the parent process.Service Host (Svchost.exe) is a core piece of Windows XP code... Read more »

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