Re: Svchost.exe using 50% of cpu
- From: John Wunderlich <jwunderlich@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:17:20 GMT
=?Utf-8?B?aGVkZXJh?= <hedera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:64143267-5E1E-445F-9621-D18F68FD9E78@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
I've seen several threads on cases where SVCHOST.EXE was using
100% of CPU. Has anyone see it use 50% of CPU?? I have a WinXP
Pro system, updated using automatic Windows Update, running
ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite which checks for both viruses
and spyware weekly. Earlier this week I also updated SpyBot and
LavaSoft AdAware Personal, and ran both of them. I'm behind a NAT
router.
Yesterday I noticed that 1 of my multiple SVCHOST.EXE processes
was using 50% of CPU - I'm sensitive to CPU because I run BOINC
for Rosetta@home and I expect BOINC to be using 95% of CPU.
It's still doing this today, and I checked it during boot before
Rosetta started, and it was using 50% CPU then when it had no
competition. This is forcing Rosetta down to 45-50% of CPU and
limiting the work I can do for them. Following a suggestion here,
I downloaded and ran ProcessExplorer, but it just says that copy
is:
SVCHOST.EXE SVCHOST.EXE 328 50.00 Generic Host
Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation
Can somebody help here?? I'm hoping I don't have a virus.
There can be several "svchost.exe" programs running. In process
Explorer, hover your cursor over the svchost.exe that is consuming the
CPU. A pop-up window will list the services connected to that item.
Then,
start->run->services.msc
and find the service(s) listed and try to stop them one-by-one by
right-clicking on them and selecting "stop". It shouldn't take too
long to find the one using the resources.
HTH,
John
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