svchost.exe using mic

FuzionStorm · June 18, 2020

i was just casually watching youtube, and then i saw that an app was using my microphone. i went to see what it was, and it was svchost.exe. I know thats not a virus, but i never experienced this kind of this. any suggestions to what i should do? i dont really know where to say this, so sorry if this is the wrong place.

eeeee1 · June 18, 2020

run your antivirus. also in task manager, check the file location.

FuzionStorm · June 18, 2020

its in system 32. i just checked.

eeeee1 · June 18, 2020

have you run an anti virus check? also check in with microsoft. go to support and ask if there is a problem.

Eigenvektor · June 18, 2020

svchost.exe is a host-process from Windows that is used to run all kinds of services. So if you have a background service that uses the microphone, that would explain why it seems "svchost.exe" is using it (the process hosted by the host-process is using it).

If you right click the "svchost.exe" entry in task manager, there should be a "go to service" that should take you to the actual service that is being hosted.