Overview of Svchost.exe

Svchost.exe serves as a kernel system process that hosts multiple Windows services maintaining the regular work of operating system. It is also known as Service Host, or SvcHost that is generally implemented as dynamically-linked libraries (DLLs). The Svchost.exe file is located in c:\windows\system32 or c:\winnt\system32 directories according to the specific version of Windows. Generally, computer users are able to view the work of Svchost.exe through Windows Task Manager. Each Svchost.exe process may take control of a certain program or a group of services. As a result, it is not suggested to end up the process of Svchost.exe without definite requirement.