Windows 11 Is svchost.exe a virus

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So, recently I was working on my pc, then suddenly a message popped up from windows defender "Blocked access to authorized files" or something like that "from application svchost.exe". I searched "svchost.exe" in my file explorer and this is what it came up with (I have hidden files on):I trust most of them because they are made by "Microsoft Corp." but some of them, don't have any producer, and they have weird locations for example:C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-services-svchost_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22000.527_none_bb7c3e6fbed5a5a5\rIs this a virus, and can I remove it?

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