100 % CPU Usage on internet connectivety

[rajiv juneja]

I also tried some troubleshhoting myself and found that svchost is actually
an exe file located in %windir%/system32 directory and that some services
like 'RPC', 'networkconnections' and 'Removable Storage' use this file as
there
'path to executable' (which i found after opening properties dlg box of
respective
services in services tool of computer management).

And coinidentally during my internet connectivety RPC service stops quite
frequently which I have to start manually. But the CPU Usage does not lessen
even after restarting this service.

But apart from this I am still not able to make out what exactly is going
on.

And yes I forgot to mention that during internet connectivety I come accross
a lot of virus (almost always w32.spybot.worm) in my TFTP files as notified
by symantec
antivirus notification messages, which are quarantined by symantec and later
deleted by me.

 

[Roland Giesler]

Run adaware or some other adware/spyware trap to clean your machine. The
install a personal firewall or enable it if you're running XP.

On a personal note: Dump Symantec AV. It's a fat program, lets through a
lot a viral activity and is a pig with all the fancy stuff it tries to do.
A simple AV scanner like ClamAV (www.clamwin.org / www.clamav.org) will use
less resources and CPU time and doesn't cost you a cent. If you want a
really good commercial AV Solution, get FSecure. I wouldn't be surprised if
you actually have viral/trojan/worm activity on your machine. (This is my
personal opinion based on my experience as sysadmin/netadmin/isp-operator)

regards,
Roland Giesler
Stellenbosch
South Africa

 

[rajiv juneja]

thanks for the advice roland.Will try

Run adaware or some other adware/spyware trap to clean your machine. The
install a personal firewall or enable it if you're running XP.

On a personal note: Dump Symantec AV. It's a fat program, lets through a
lot a viral activity and is a pig with all the fancy stuff it tries to do.
A simple AV scanner like ClamAV (www.clamwin.org / www.clamav.org) will use
less resources and CPU time and doesn't cost you a cent. If you want a
really good commercial AV Solution, get FSecure. I wouldn't be surprised if
you actually have viral/trojan/worm activity on your machine. (This is my
personal opinion based on my experience as sysadmin/netadmin/isp-operator)

regards,
Roland Giesler
Stellenbosch
South Africa