Hi there.
This is a serious question for programmers and other interested parties.
Recently I experienced a general slowing down of my machine. I use Norton 360 V3 But I realized that this program was not finding the malware in the registry.
After some investigation, I realized that I needed some extra help.
I downloaded Malwarebytes ; CCleaner and I already had a StormSoft Registry Cleaner. Well, the Stomsoft registry cleaner world not run,and I guess this was because whatever malware was still in the machine was fighting this program to load (and still won’t run).
I installed and ram Malwarebytes three or four times and ws pleased with this program’s abilities. Well done Malwarebytes. Then I ran CCleaner a few times, and this also seemed to work quite well, too.
Now my question is this… I know that svchost.exe is supposed to be in C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe (01/19/2008) attribute ‘a’
But I have also discovered it in …..
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-services-svchost_31bf3865ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_b5bb59a1054dbde5\svchost.exe ***(DATED 05/29/2008) Attribute ‘a’ ***
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-services-svchost_31bf3865ad364e35_6.0.6000.18000_none_b5bb59a1054dbde5\svchost.exe ***(DATED 11/02/2006) Attribute ‘a’ ***
Apart from the dates, the only other difference is 6000. rather than 6001 as with the later one above this.
Should this be here? Should I delete these two files and what do they do?
Any help in understanding this issue would be most appreciated.
Victor
I am weary of downloading SpiceWorks . Mainly because so many free (let’s fix your PC programs) downloads actually put malware unto your computer. Your thoughts would be helpful.
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Only if you want your system to stop running 🙂
Read details here http://www.winvistaclub.com/f16.html but this is a management folder for maintaining multiple versions of DLL’s to let different applications run – those dependent on specific version.
I wouldn’t delete them. They are key files to your computer. I would get a better anti-virus, though, because Norton is the worst you can have (I have a story about Norton, it’s way to long, but summed up it’s like this: Installed Norton, Ran Scan, Computer Crashed, Lost Hard Drive, Got New Hard Drive, Couldn’t Get Rid Of Norton). Get something better such as Anti-Avira. The speed decrease could just be your computer has lots of programs installed or is utilizing all of its RAM, both of which are easily fixed!