svhost.exe has generated errors... 1

[snowboardingchick]

I have 2 hard drive on a Pentium III 450 PC. One is running W98 and the other is running W2000. W98 HDD is the primary hard drive. When I open up IE and run it for a few second it generates this error: "svhost.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program." I loaded W2000 SP4 and it seemed to go fine. But now when I open up IE I still cont. to get the message, plus I cannot download any Windows updates or use their Knowledge base site. When I go to the site to search for the error msg. that I get, you usually have the option in the first block to click on the arrow and pick the Microsoft product to search for. When I click on the arrow it is completely blank. One other thing, I have been unable to download my McAfee virus software either. Any ideas?

 

[oldcucumberhead]

Had prob similar with w2k......try this fix

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...46-F541-4C15-8C9F-220354449117&displaylang=en

It has worked for me.....in addition, here's more info.
Note: I did not edit registry but went for the patch only.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Win2000/Q_20706331.html

good luck.

 

[bcastner]

My guess is that you have a virus or other malware.

If you have a browser other than IE installed, use that and follow the instructions in two FAQs:

. smah's online antivirus FAQ: faq760-3862
. a general malware removal guide/FAQ: faq608-4650

If you have no other browser installed, attempt through Control Panel, Add/Remove programs to Repair your IE installation.

Also, bring up Task Manager and kill any process (not svchost) that seems odd or suspicious, and try again to access IE.

 

[snowboardingchick]

Thank you for the helps. I did download Mozilla-a decidely better browser. I will try some of the fixes you suggested and post the results soon. Thanks so much for your replies. Don't know what I'd do without your help and this site

 

[snowboardingchick]

It was a virus. I updated Norton and ran a virus scan and it quarantined the virsu "w32.Randex.gen". I'm hoping that it didn't do any serious damage. The error I was getting seems to be the only problem. However, I plan to go back to Norton's website and review the cleaning procedures to make sure all is well. Thank you for the suggetions on downloading cwshredder, SpyBot, and AdAware. I do have the AdAware on my old drive, but plan to put these on the new drive as well. Thanks again!