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Users Opinions

Average user rating of ccSvcHst.exe: 3.5 based on 71 votes. Read also the 60 reviews.

2200 users ask for this file. 28 users rated it as not dangerous. 10 users rated it as not so dangerous. 10 users rated it as neutral. 13 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 10 users rated it as dangerous. 20 users didn't rate it ("don't know").


All comments about ccSvcHst.exe:
rate5 It uses a large amount of memory.   JH
rate1 safe, part of NAV  
rate4 This file has been using 99% of my cpu. When norton is run, my comp gets reset. I think this file has something to do with it.   Rohit M M
rate3 It´s CPU & Memory hungry!!   Jordi
rate4 Only that my computer is almost LOCKED many times; at start & MSN email; when rebooting it comes up as an error that can not END   Joe Weinstein; Sydney AUSTRALIA
rate0 wie entfernen  
rate4 Is been freezing our servers ...very frustrating   Walter - Los Angeles
rate4 Constant locking up my computer   Sonia Murray
rate2 its a norton360 file but there is an extension in tjhe windows prefetch folder but of 74K not 573K. It takes a window during shutdown and a few secs to terminate   Frederick C Jackson
rate3 Nortons is CPu & resource hungry overpriced and un user friendly.   Damo
rate0 its the antivirus norton  
rate0 Its a Norton file   Martin
rate3 Component of Norton Internet Security (file in C:\Program Files, other locations = Malware!)   d00de
rate0 Nortons security stuff that hogs disk IO   KB, Australia
rate1 norton internet security 2010   golden
rate4 It comes with Norton360 (that is NOT an important file), slows your CPU down and wears CPU, but it isn't dangerous if you remove it immediatedly, but if you dont remove it, then it CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE to your computer!! (Highly recommended to remove)  See also: Link   PRO_USER_FROM_FINLAND
rate1 appears to be a Symantec security engine for Norton Utilities   tk
rate0 This file has been using 99% of my cpu   Nelson Zárate Serrano
rate1 It is a Norton "resource eater". It can be slowed down with the Freeware Process Tamer   hjpospie
rate1 norton file   adi
rate3 Norton Antivirus phishing monitor  
rate3 Another Reason not to have Norton   Chris Dark
rate0 yo estoy convencido que es dangerous and inneccesary   other user
rate4 Part of NIS. Very processor and memory hungry, and blocks users(even SYSTEM and Admin) from ending it. Annoying.   AS
rate2 Norton Support staff confirmed to me it is part of their Antivirus/Security suite. But they refuse to say what it does when you ask them. They just repeat that it's part of NAV. They fiddled ineffectually with my PC by remote for more than 1 hour and achieved precisely nothing. It was clear that they were just clicking on settings to make it look like they were doing something. But they clearly don't have a clue how to fix the 100% CPU problem. If they can't fix it then probably no one can. Ridiculous that this has been causing problems for people for YEARS and YEARS but they do nothing!   Paul
rate0 just installed Norton and downloading update, than ccSvcHst use high % of CPU(ther are two copies of ccSvcHst.exe in the resources monitor), everything became very slow, open windows/browser very slow even mouse movement also slow. Once i start "security Task Monitor", Norton finished update and ccSvcHst.exe disapear. Don't know whether it is Norton's process or malware process.   Cheng
rate5 it have turned my norton internet security 2010 off cant do anything help me  
rate2 it continiously produces hard disk activity - perhaps some kind of background scanning oder defrag process   Matthauser
rate1 Norton Internet Security 2010 :D   tooti
rate5 It uses a lot of Memory, never a problem with it, until Norton was installed?   JJK
rate4 certificate is expired, can't delete, not allowed access,even as admin. can't quarantine. can't stop process. c/programfilesx86/nortoninternetsecurity/engine/18.0.0.1.28/ccsvchst.exe*86, countersignatures disappear on clicking. Nearly entire folder is expired verisign cert.   gretchen msgretchen
rate5 Just runs the cpu at almost 100% and pc shuts down, dont know how to get rid of it. very frustrating!   Trevor
rate3 ccSvcHst.exe causes very high CPU usage, but (according to Symantec support) can't be disabled without complete uninstall, their Norton Removal Tool and Norton Remove and Reinstall Tool both fail to uninstall their application.   8Man
rate0 It seems i/o bound, it thrashes my hard drive with intesity, not heavy on cpu   Malcolm
rate5 I am long-time NIS 2011 user (yeah, real stupid of me). It's either malware, or malware takes control of ccsvchst.exe to read all the data on your HD. Bad I am ditching, NEVER go back to Norton/Symantec anything. Endless I/O reads, writes, huge MBs.   Thaddius Crukshank
rate0 Memory eater. Slows pc. Erratic. A real pain.   Bill
rate4 Slows down my computer sometimes to a snail crawl, I mean big time slow. Needs to be outlawed or revised someway.   Jraquel
rate0 there are two of them running in task list...   ronzkie
rate1 I found an easy work-around. N360 tray icon, right-click, disable both antivirus and firewall Duration Until system restart. The reboot. This seems to clear the lockup for some time afterwards.   Philip Tory
rate2 needed by norton - safe but annoying seems to fail at times (may not be its fault but may be done to it by other programs malware may use the same name if it gets into the pc   joe sizpak
rate5 It can't be found by searching. It causes 90% cpu usage. It causes your computer to suddenly crash. Can only be seen with task manager in running processes but nothing can be done to it.   Toni
rate0 It is the "service framework" for the product. I.e., like windows svchost it supplies the context in which the rest of the Norton's progs run. It is also reported to manage the gui. Reported fixes: update to latest version where CPU eating bug is fixed; and turn it off in services. Start/run/services.msc; and of course remove product and use different AV   Mike
rate1 If its hogging your memory, Goto Norton Settings Turn off norton tamper protection. Then CTRL+ALT+DELETE And Processes Tab, Then Find any CCSVCHST.EXE And end it, It will open up again like 5 more times. and under SYSTEM Account, And Your Username. BEWARE! This Kills Norton until next reboot, So you are left unprotected!  
rate1 A part of Symantec Endpoint Protection. On my machine it appears in the following folders: C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\12.1.1000.157.105\Data\Cached Installs\Program Files\Symantec\Name\Version\Bin\ccSvcHst.exe, C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\CurrentVersion\Data\Cached Installs\Program Files\Symantec\Name\Version\Bin\ccSvcHst.exe, C:\Programme\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\12.1.1000.157.105\Bin\ccSvcHst.exe. Seems to be (part of) the daily security scan...   Jenserl
rate1 It needs much CPU and RAM but that does every antivirus programm...   derHirscher
rate0 Since updating Norton 360, ccSvcHst.exe has brought my computer to it's knees. Took half an hour to open the Task Manager just to see what was causing the problem!!   Steve
rate1 Norton Antivirus Windows Service   Douglas
rate0 It eats my system. What is worse? A virus scanner that doesn't let a system run or a virus?   Bill
rate3 I don't know much but I fixed it on my PC. It took a while to realize this might be the problem.I was running both Norton and Ad-Aware virus protection. I thought maybe the two definition files were causing a conflict. I un-installed the Ad-Aware suite (and I really like the Spy Ware portion). All of a sudden ccsvchst.exe whet from 75-89% cpu usage to zero. Maybe it was a coincidence but it seems to have worked for me.   Tom Last
rate1 Thanks Philip, the thing has been killing my machine. Stopping only the AV Auto-protect has seemed to stop this incessant program from hogging io and cpu cycles. I will try to run full scan over night to see if that makes Norton happy. If not, I will run it anyway and disable when I am using the computer. Not great protection but better than nothing.  
rate1 Part of Norton, not dangerous if in proper folder. On the other hand, this MF constantly eats 13% of the CPU. Workarounds listed here work for a few minutes, then the beast is back. It appears to be machine configuration dependent, as I'm running Norton Internet security 2012 on three machines, on old desktop and laptop everything is good, on my I7 950, forget it. I think I'm just going to uninstall and put Avast in. I would run Kaspersky, but it doesn't like Comodo firewall ...   Mobius024
rate1 To shutdown see this: http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/How-Do-I-Turn-Off-NIS-2011/td-p/533756  See also: Link   NIS User
rate1 memory hogger. sucks up the cpu.   vasiliy
rate1 If you have NSS go to settings and enable silent mode. This will stop background scans. Also disable PC Tuneup Auto Tasks. Do this as soon as comp is fired up and before getting on internet   Chained
rate0 ccsvchst.exe was consuming all my cycles and i could not kill it via task mgr so i uninstalled norton to kill it and installed AVG instead   david
rate2 It is safe, even though is may preform at high rates at times. Millions of people use it, and it is NOT a virus of any sort.  
rate0 I have NSS in silent mode but it still eats up my computer resources, 75 percent. Having silent mode on does help a bit though, otherwise it would be using 100 percent.  
rate0 Hangs up my computer on shut down, windows xp - will not shut down, even if it turns black, the next day I open and it is still shutting down   Linda
rate1 norton internet file   ger
rate0 drop Symantec and pick up any others Virus protection, that will that care the issue.   former Symantec user

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