Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a problem.?

[DaffyDuck]

Im getting this annoying error message all the time, which goes on as "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a problem and needed to close."

And each time i get this error message, my ADSL internet stop working and im unable to surf the web.

earlier on i had this problem and someone from webmaster world ask me to install this particular security update on MS website and it worked but now even that wont work. :(

Can i anyone help me out to resolve this issue?

[bill]

What OS are you using?
What Service Pack is installed?
When do you get this message?
What happens after you receive this message?

[DaffyDuck]

What OS are you using?
Win XP

What Service Pack is installed?
WIn XP SP2

When do you get this message?
Its been a week or maybe 2, i get this messegae when im connected to the web

What happens after you receive this message?
each time i get this error message, my ADSL internet stop working and im unable to surf the web.

my internet connection gets blocked, as nothing will work. even though my net connection sign is still there. i click it and it flashes up with the status not long enough to check it.

[DaffyDuck]

Following error signatures are displayed with the error message,

szAppName : svchost.exe szAppVer : 5.1.2600.2180 szModName : svchost.exe
szModVer : 5.1.2600.2180 offset : 00001361

[bill]

There are a few MS KB articles that have this error mentioned in them:

Generic Host Process Error Message and a Flashlight Icon Appear [support.microsoft.com]

You receive a "Generic Host Process" error message after you start the computer, or DBCS attachment file names are not displayed in Rich Text e-mail messages [support.microsoft.com]

There are also a ton of posts around the net dealing with your error message [google.com].

[edited by: phranque at 9:58 pm (utc) on Nov. 18, 2008]
[edit reason] fix link [/edit]