svchost.exe

[Nishant]

Can anyone tell me why svchost.exe takes up a large
amount of cpu resources at times! What is the fundamental
behind it..... Can it be reduced. Thanx

Nishant

 

[Dan Seur]

You have a virus/worm. Search Google for svchost problems to learn about
it. Then get a good antivirus product. Then repair your system. Then
before getting online again install the antivirus.

 

[Ashok Nair [MSFT]]

Hi Nishant,

Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that are run from
dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). The Svchost.exe file is located in the
%SystemRoot%\System32 folder. At startup, Svchost.exe checks the services
portion of the registry to construct a list of services that it needs to
load. There can be multiple instances of Svchost.exe running at the same
time. Each Svchost.exe session can contain a grouping of services, so that
separate services can be run depending on how and where Svchost.exe is
started. This allows for better control and debugging.

The above information can be found at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;250320

If you are using Windows XP, check the following article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314056

HTH

Ashok
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