Re: Win2K svchost.exe running at 99% CPU utilization

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 04/27/04


Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:01:34 +0200

Colon Terminus wrote:

> "kmcdowell" wrote:
>
>>Recently I ran into a problem on my laptop, the fan kept
>>on turning on. Up until a few days ago, it never turned on
>>(except when saving a large Visio diagram). Now it runs
>>about 50% of the day, and CPU utilization for svchost.exe
>>is pegged most of the day, reading 99% most of the time.
>>
>>Any idea on what may be causing this abnormal behavior?
>>Google searching has turned up nothing.
>
> Your laptop has a virus.
Hi

It can also have been caused by the KB835732
security update.

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