📎 AI Summary:
The original poster is concerned about two processes, conhost and sc.exe, running unexpectedly or at specific times on Windows 7 Ultimate x64, questioning if they are viruses. A responder clarifies that conhost is a legitimate Windows process managing console interfaces, and sc.exe is a standard utility for controlling services, indicating these processes are normal system components rather than malware. The overall sentiment is that the processes are harmless and part of normal system operation.
The original poster is concerned about two processes, conhost and sc.exe, running unexpectedly or at specific times on Windows 7 Ultimate x64, questioning if they are viruses. A responder clarifies that conhost is a legitimate Windows process managing console interfaces, and sc.exe is a standard utility for controlling services, indicating these processes are normal system components rather than malware. The overall sentiment is that the processes are harmless and part of normal system operation.
Solution
Conhost is not a virus is an interface between legacy console applications and the operating system. Cmd.exe is an example of a console application.
SC.exe is an utility for controlling services on the system.
CONHOST
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host
SC.exe
SC
SC.exe is an utility for controlling services on the system.
CONHOST
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Console Host
SC.exe
SC