RE: svchost.exe is making me crazy.

nass...
how do i know if i am x86 or x64 based version of windows?

"nass" wrote:



"Russell" wrote:

it runs my cpu at 100%. it freezes my computer. it causes my tower to make a
humming noise. it makes me crazy.

ive tried disabling every auto update on my computer, because i read it was
connected to either my norton, or windows update.
ive read most of the posts here at microsoft forums and used every tweak
posted.
[except for the sponsers link you up with a $30montly].

sometimes it runs, i can see it taking up all of my cpu power in my
taskmanager, but i can still open and run other programs....but at some
point, and most of the time, it will take over, and anything i click on will
"hang", or stop for minutes at a time, until the humming in my tower stops,
and then all of the things i clicked on will begin to open or start.

ive run my norton antivirus, spybot, ad-aware, and ccleaner, and they find
no kind of virus. i usually have use my task manger to "stop
process"...(there it goes again! it just kicked in again!!), to make it stop
so my computer will work freely.

what is this thing? where did it come from? how do i fix it?
ive been thinking about calling bill gates and paying him his 40 bucks, or
whatever it is, and have them try and fix it for me.

any help you good people can give me will be rewarded. {you will feel better}.

thanks for taking the time to reply.

russell

The svchost.exe is a security process and can be used by many running
services, also you can experiencing a memory leak.
Process located here:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe size: 14336

You receive an access violation error and the system may appear to become
unresponsive when you try to install an update from Windows Update or from
Microsoft Update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891

Use this tool to see what taken the most usage of the CPU on your machine.
ShellExView v1.19 - Shell Extensions Manager
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


Can you please send me your Hijackthis log to look at or you can send it to
one of many forums specialised in hijackthis analysis.
(http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php)
Can you please send me a copy at to_you_rossREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx , remove
the obvious to email me.
HTH.
nass
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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

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