svchost.exe and CPU

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From: Miriam Seshadri (mradha_seshadri_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: 15 Sep 2004 22:39:55 -0700

Hi,

   I have Windows XP running on my machine and lately svchost.exe has
been giving me a lot of trouble. Whenever I connect to the internet,
this file starts hogging up my CPU and running it at 90 - 100 %. I
have Norton Antivirus but that hasn't found any problems. I have
disabled some services such as Universal Plug & Play etc but that
hasn't solved the problem either. What should I do?

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