PC help needed BADLY

[The Andy-Man]

When I am on the internet, after a few minutes i keep getting an error window come up saying:

Generic Host Process for Win32 services has encountered a problem and needs to close.



so i click the dont send button, then another window comes up saying my PC will restart in 60seconds, and something about this being initiated or something by NT / ??? (cant remember)


I have no idea what this is, please help

I am on win XP

[The Andy-Man]

also something about svchost.exe

[Nubclear]

Re: PC help needed BADLY

Hahaha

[alva]

Me thinks you're in deep sh*t.., time to reinstall?

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Huh Tass, what's funny about this btw?

[The Andy-Man]

bastard.

i need help really bad

[The Andy-Man]

reinstall? windows came installed already

[Pekka]

I don't know, but this doesn't sound peachy.

[Bereta_Eder]

That's a pretty original errour! Not that this would make you feel better though. Didn't they give you the Windows CD? They should have.

[The Andy-Man]

no they didn't

it happens quicker now

gotta go

[Alex]

Maybe this is what you're looking for:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821690

[mrmitchell]

"send error"? you mean you've got Error Reporting for IE installed? Do so, then. It'll send in the error, and if a fix has been made, tell you what it is. For example, I kept getting errors on certain websites and found out I had to upgrade WMP

"Generic Host Process" error doesn't sound pretty though. Neither does the restarting. Have you scanned your computer for viruses? It might be a nasty one. Or, your computer's "svchost.exe" file could've become frcked up (obviously). Is there any more detail you can provide?

[The Andy-Man]

only that i have btbroadband.

initaited by NT / Authority\system

is what i as trying to say up top

[FrustratedPoet]

Looks like the same problem people are having here: http://www.civgaming.net/forums/show...&threadid=3554

No answers so far in that thread either.

[Dis]

virus probably

try to back up what you can (and run through a virus screener later)

and reformat your hard drive and reinstall windows.

[mrmitchell]

Mark's "It just popped up now" confirms it--this is, more likely than anything else, one hell of a virus. (The error message seemed odd in the first place...)

Do what Diss says. Back up your most important stuff and reformat.

EDIT: I don't mean to scare the **** out of you though. The MS KB article said something about having outdated drivers for HP scanners or printers--ever had one?

DOUBLE EDIT: Er, d'oh. It could be a virus, is what I'm saying. "this is, more likely than"...ah **** it. Just backup, get new drivers, if that don't work, reformat.