I have 12 svchosts entries in my system currently - which is about normal.
As its name implies, it's the host process for many of the system services, and each different group of services will open a new instance of the process.
15 at boot does sound excessive, though - my Pro VM has 10.
Perhaps a rootkit check would be a good idea...
Download the TDSSKiller from Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller
run it (leave it at default settings!) and see if it picks anything up.
If it does, I suggest that you seek specialist advice.
As its name implies, it's the host process for many of the system services, and each different group of services will open a new instance of the process.
15 at boot does sound excessive, though - my Pro VM has 10.
Perhaps a rootkit check would be a good idea...
Download the TDSSKiller from Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller
run it (leave it at default settings!) and see if it picks anything up.
If it does, I suggest that you seek specialist advice.
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM...i3 370M/i7 6500U8GB - finally :)/8GBit's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
- OS
- Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
- CPU
- i3 370M/i7 6500U
- Motherboard
- Asus/Lenovo
- Memory
- 8GB - finally :)/8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.6" built-in
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768/1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
- PSU
- n/a
- Internet Speed
- as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
- Antivirus
- MSE/Defender
- Browser
- IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
