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[Dan]

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I have a couple of programs that I don't know what they are and am unable to
close them.
WebProxy.exe
svchost.exe (listed 4 times)
Have run virus ck and found nothing.

 

[Guest]

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I believe webproxy is malware, download, install and run Ad Aware:
www.lavasoftusa.com

As to svchost.exe, that's a generic service that runs a number of system
functions and seeing four in the task list is not unusual.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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"Dan" <notme@cox.net> wrote in message
news:%23kAXRo0eEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I have a couple of programs that I don't know what they are and am unable
>to
> close them.
> WebProxy.exe
> svchost.exe (listed 4 times)
> Have run virus ck and found nothing.
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

SVChost is a wrapper for a different things.

Do *NOT* kill svchost or you will kill your machine.

Webproxy is used by a variety of applications to do updates, etc. Leave it
alone.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
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"Dan" <notme@cox.net> wrote in message
news:%23kAXRo0eEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I have a couple of programs that I don't know what they are and am unable
>to
> close them.
> WebProxy.exe
> svchost.exe (listed 4 times)
> Have run virus ck and found nothing.
>
>