svchost revisited

[russell]

Whenever I boot zonealarm system tray icon immediately shows a drain on my traffic both in and out.

I can fix it by closing the svchost C:\windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs process

I can continue working, the only obvious effect is the loss of audio and wireless printing.

I've done some research. Microsoft support page: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

To view the list of services that are running in Svchost:

Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and then click Run.

In the Open box, type CMD, and then press ENTER.

Type Tasklist /SVC, and then press ENTER.

However when I enter this command I get " ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified"!

tasklist.exe is in my system32 size: 77,824

I have run a number of virus checkers and I'm a registered MBAM user - nothing reports anything suspicious.

I attach a HijakThisFile

Any help greatly appreciated. TIA

hijackthis04_10_2009.txt

[swagger]

tasklist.exe is also 77,824 on my XP box... tasklist /svc works as well. If you type just "tasklist" in the cmd prompt, what happens?

[russell]

tasklist.exe is also 77,824 on my XP box... tasklist /svc works as well. If you type just "tasklist" in the cmd prompt, what happens?

the same "ERROR: the system..."

[swagger]

I'm not sure why that is happening... Have you tried uploading the file to Jotti or VirusTotal?

Also, you might want to download Process Explorer from Microsoft Sysinternals... It will give you a more detailed look of all your processes running from within XP. Just hover over the svchost.exe processes.

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[Firefox]

I use a free tool that lets you see what each process is and what file executes it as well its called:

Prio - Process Priority Saver Works well and has helped me plenty of times trying to figure out some processes.