Nevertheless, before you can repair the problem, you may need to halt or disable the WMI process and service first. Svchost.exe actually stands for “service host,” and it is a file used by many Windows applications. Despite this, it often is mistaken as a virus because malware authors have been known to attach malicious files to the svchost.exe service to prevent detection. Additionally, it is common for malware authors to create processes with typos such