Is svchost.exe Hacked?

[Anonymous User2361]

Look, a long time ago, I went to check if my computer was being hacked. I deleted all the possible files that are spyware or malware, but this I just don't know if it is safe or not. Google said it is. The file is called svhost.exe. I did the tutorials by typing cmd on the search bar with my windows 10, and did the command "netstat -ano". They say if you ifnd own that says established, it is suspicious activity. I went to check the PIN, turns out it was svchost.exe. And I never got the answer if certain files can be hacked or not, please help.

 

[Saga Lout]

Svchost.exe will be running more than a dozen times simultaneously at any time in any Windows system so if it was infected the system would have shut down by now.

If your anti-virus utility or Windows Defender doesn't report anything wrong, download MalwareBytes from www.malwarebytes.org and scan with that, letting it remove anything it finds.

 

[mdd1963]

Glasswire is pretty good about displaying all your current connections in plain English...
www.glasswire.com

But, with some keylogger software out there, you never know...

if you had spyware/malware at any time, you can 'hope' that everything is removed...or,
gather your product key from 'system info' from UVK, gather a list of all drivers you will need, and 'nuke and pave'.... (UVK will alsso display all your processes and autoruns, so you can see if anything suspicious is running...

http://www.carifred.com/uvk/



Certainly if you delete your partition, quick format. and reinstall, any residual malware is but a distant memory...