ESET researchers have discovered two as-yet undocumented Windows variants of SprySOCKS, a previously Linux-only backdoor reportedly used by FishMonger, the group believed to be operated by a Chinese ...

If you have opened Task Manager and noticed several instances of svchost.exe running, you might think your PC is infected. In most cases, this is normal behavior in Windows. However, understanding ...

It’s a tale as old as time for PC users: you unbox your brand-new Windows laptop, excited by the promise of blazing-fast performance, only to find it’s bogged down with pre-installed programs you ...

I'd like to thank my coauthors, Victor Vrabie, Adrian Schipor, and Martin Zugec, for their invaluable contributions to this research. TL;DR A Chinese APT group compromised a Philippine military ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing campaign that delivers a stealthy banking malware-turned-remote access trojan called MostereRAT. The phishing attack incorporates a ...

Windows is essentially working because of its services. Many services running in the background facilitate your daily tasks and operations. Some of these services are compiled into EXE files and ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. However, a DLL cannot run by itself. That’s where svchost.exe comes into the picture. The DLL file must be loaded ...

Windows has a bug where users won’t be able to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 when they’re using WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) to deploy updates. If you try ...

Many Windows users experience a bizarre and highly menacing problem where a specific process named svchost.exe (netsvcs) starts requisitioning and using more and more RAM after the affected computer ...

For years, we’ve listened to the complaints saying that the Host Process for Windows Tasks is taking up all your system resources. Obviously, when you think your system is lagging, you’ll open Windows ...