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Svchost.exe / Com Surrogate Virus
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<blockquote data-quote="Gunnerhowell" data-source="post: 432108" data-attributes="member: 40924"><p>Wow that took all awhile. <strong>Notepad file is attached with Log.</strong></p><p>- Opened IE and verified. Disk usage goes to 100%. "Host Process for Windows Task" (taskhostex.exe) was at 99.6%. Killed that and COM Surrogate (dllhost.exe) took over and kept disk usage at 99%. Could not kill COM Surrogate (dllhost.exe) until IE was shutdown.</p><p></p><p><strong>Just an FYI for anyone following this thread:</strong></p><p>1. Must run the check disk (chkdsk) and event viewer (<strong>eventvwr) as </strong>Administrator. One option is to use the <img src="https://sites.google.com/site/cannedfixes/farbar-recovery-scan-tool/WindowsKey.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> + x and select from list. This was for Windows 8.1 and I'm not sure if it will for other versions of Windows.</p><p></p><p>2. The Check Disk (chksdk c: /r) in my case was run on the boot drive (c<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> so the system had to be rebooted as it cannot run while disk is in use. Just select (Y) when prompted at the command prompt while running (chksdk c: /r).</p><p></p><p>3. <strong>BE PATIENT</strong>. The (chksdk) with added (/r) parameter cause the system to not only locate bad sectors but also to fix errors on the disk and recover readable information. It is broken up into 5 stages. This most likely will take<strong> <u>hours</u></strong>. Just walk away. Mine was displaying 13% complete for about 4 hours and took about another 2 or 3 to finish. Could take even longer depending on amount of files.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gunnerhowell, post: 432108, member: 40924"] Wow that took all awhile. [B]Notepad file is attached with Log.[/B] - Opened IE and verified. Disk usage goes to 100%. "Host Process for Windows Task" (taskhostex.exe) was at 99.6%. Killed that and COM Surrogate (dllhost.exe) took over and kept disk usage at 99%. Could not kill COM Surrogate (dllhost.exe) until IE was shutdown. [B]Just an FYI for anyone following this thread:[/B] 1. Must run the check disk (chkdsk) and event viewer ([B]eventvwr) as [/B]Administrator. One option is to use the [IMG]https://sites.google.com/site/cannedfixes/farbar-recovery-scan-tool/WindowsKey.png[/IMG] + x and select from list. This was for Windows 8.1 and I'm not sure if it will for other versions of Windows. 2. The Check Disk (chksdk c: /r) in my case was run on the boot drive (c:) so the system had to be rebooted as it cannot run while disk is in use. Just select (Y) when prompted at the command prompt while running (chksdk c: /r). 3. [B]BE PATIENT[/B]. The (chksdk) with added (/r) parameter cause the system to not only locate bad sectors but also to fix errors on the disk and recover readable information. It is broken up into 5 stages. This most likely will take[B] [U]hours[/U][/B]. Just walk away. Mine was displaying 13% complete for about 4 hours and took about another 2 or 3 to finish. Could take even longer depending on amount of files. [/QUOTE]
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