If you are a Windows user, you must be curious to know what exactly is the svchost process because you can not kill it or even suspend it because you did not execute it in the first place and it has several copies of itself loaded in the memory space all at once!
Well, according to Microsoft, svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries. In simple terms, it means that, it is a ‘legitimate’ (as long as any other process does not mask the svchost name) process which aids in launching a .dll (dynamic-link library) file directly from Windows.
So, everything seems fine as of now. Why you must ask is the use of this free, open source program – svchost viewer? It is because, if you are interested in knowing all the programs that this application loads, this program will help you. It will help you to reduce your memory usage and make your system lighter!
A program to see what all those svchost.exe are running. It is a small application that lists all of the current svchost.exe instances, shows how much memory each one is using and what services are running beneath it.
Here are a few features of the application:
- No installstation required.
- Only requirement is that you have .net installed (ver 2.0 or newer).
- Work in Windows XP (sp2) and Vista and Windows 7(Beta).
- Coded in C#
So,you can just add this small portable application to your favourite pen drive and take it with you when you are on a forensics mission or something.It requires no installation and can run directly off your USB flash drive, coming in handy when troubleshooting. Just double-click on the application to launch, and then click Yes when prompted whether to get the data!
Here is a small screen shot:
Svchost Viewer
This application requires the .NET 2.0 framework and should work on XP (SP2), Vista and Windows 7!
Download source & binary: http://svchostviewer.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=17498
Homepage: http://www.codeplex.com/svchostviewer
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