Thanks Sacha and everyone else who replied. This must be a pretty new virus. I updated my MacAfee virus definition file yesterday after the problem surfaced, but MacAfee VirusScan didn't pick up the problem when I scanned the computer this morning. Cheers Geoff -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gillies, Sascha Sent: Wednesday, 13 August 2003 4:20 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [austechwriter] Re: W2K techie help It's the blaster virus. You need to get a patch for it from the Microsoft site. Do you run anti-virus software? -----Original Message----- From: Geoffrey Marnell [mailto:gmarnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, 13 August 2003 4:18 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [austechwriter] W2K techie help Dear austechies, Are there are nuts-and-bolts techies out there who can tell me why I = have suddenly started to get "svchost.exe error. Restart application" = messages under Windows 2000 Pro (SP1). Completely stuffs Word, and I can't = disconnect from a dial-up internet connection. Can anyone point me in the direction = of a quick solution. TIA Geoffrey Marnell ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to = austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to = austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject = field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to = www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to = austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************