Svchost.exe BAH

[mrapoc]

Svchost keeps rocketing up to 100% cpu usage and it really lags my already laggy computer down! Its not just while normal use either! It insists on dropping my fps rate to unplayable levels and jitterynous (if thats a word).

I know its svchost because as soon as i get the problem, i ctrl alt delete and sort processes by cpu usage...its always at 100 when the problem occurs and settles down about a minute later...nod32 hasnt detected anything, neither has adaware, spybot, ewido or cshredder arrrrgh

 

[Rastalovich]

Services... it`d be much `handier` if the likes of TaskManager, instead of show svchost, said ServiceName(svchost) - then the usage.

There is a dos entry command to list all the services running in u`r pc, but I can`t remember it atm, however u can right click on MyComputer, select Manage and go into the Services thingy.

Therein u can look at the services running.

 

[mrapoc]

what should i be disabling then?

 

[nathan]

nod32 is usually pretty good, but this sounds like a blaster virus. give the following tool a go

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

 

[mrapoc]

ran it and results were clean, any other ideas or is 100% usage normal on a sempron such as mine

 

[nepas]

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html\

very useful for finding out which svchost is which

 

[mrapoc]

ok i found out its something by the name of Generic Host Process for Win32 Services lagging me down extremely (stuff taking over a minute to open) at random intervals

 

[nathan]

think thats a part of the networking side of things, remember customers pc's coming in with no internet access and that process what being blocked by norton etc.

 

[mrapoc]

well this is what i have running normally, the highlighted is the trouble maker i think (one of those)

 

[nepas]

hold the cursor over the svchost and it will till you which service is using it directly

 

[mrapoc]

ive got the bugger causing me these problems, it started up again when i ran windows update.