Generic Host Process service is required to run a lot of standard and third-party programs. Svchost.exe is a part of standard Windows distribution and you can restore it there. svchost.exe process is an essential part of Windows. Think twice before you stop Svchost service - you will have to use Safe Mode to recover it. Removing generic host process will sometimes cause your Windows to not boot at all.



generic host process runs as host for other services and DLLs. Svchost.exe is a service and therefore it shouldn't appear in your autorun list. If you see Svchost.exe in your autorun list, it is probably a virus and not the legal file. If you are in doubt whether particular copy of Svchost.exe is important or not, better leave it untouched. Do not try to terminate any of those Generic host process copies - this will cause some services or programs stop working! Look at the list of hosted applications first to determine if particular copy of svchost.exe is useful or should be removed.

Sometimes users face with generic host process error. The most common problem with svchost.exe is We are sorry for the inconvenience.". If you face Generic host process problem, you should not terminate legal svchost.exe files - or things will get even worse! The are about twenty possible reasons of Svchost problem. You may see malicious file known as CashToolbar Downloader-MY among other legal svchost.exe files.

It's extremely difficult to determine manually whether your svchost.exe is CoolWebSearch virus or not. One of the possible reasons is ADCLICK-AG virus infection. One of the most important indicators of System1060 trojan is if you see svchost.exe in your autoruns list. Another known issue of generic host process error is connected with double-byte character set (DBCS) characters support from Microsoft. You may also face svchost.exe problem if you just installed update from Microsoft containing errorneous verison of Windows Installer.

Some old printer drivers and scanner drivers from Hewlett-Packard also proved to be incompatible with the current version of svchost.exe process. The other possible reason of svshost.exe error is a crash of some legal DLL which uses svchost.exe to run itself at Windows startup. Uninstall old printer or scanner drivers from Hewlett-Packard to solve svchost if nothing else helps. To fix svchost.exe problem try disabling "Automatic Updates" feature or disable Windows Update service. To repair svchost error you may also inspect the list of all DLLs hosted by svchost.exe by running the following command: "tasklist /svc /fi "imagename eq svchost.exe".

It is dangerous to fix svchost when you don't know what you are doing. Backup registry before trying to solve svchost.exe by editing the appropriate registry keys that connect svchost.exe with hosted services. Use Svchost Fix Wizard to fix svchost.exe failure you have now in one click.