100% CPU usage by DLLHOST.EXE

[Brad Hennemuth]

To all of you experiencing this problem. Verify that
1) you have installed all the critical updates, and
2) using the task manager, verify that DLLHOST.EXE is the
culprit.

As an interim solution it seems ok to delete this task.

Perhaps someone (who can do something) will notice that
this is probably linked to the SP1 update and is a
general problem, affecting many machines.

Meanwhile let me know if you have this identical problem
and, if possible, what applications you use that may be
creating this renegade. (I suspect that it is caused by
the Internet Explorer, but am not sure.)

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

It's about time to think seriously about installing a good antivirus
program on your computer!

W32.Welchia.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html

Essential Security Tools for Home Office Users
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...l=/technet/columns/security/5min/5min-105.asp


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| To all of you experiencing this problem. Verify that
| 1) you have installed all the critical updates, and
| 2) using the task manager, verify that DLLHOST.EXE is the
| culprit.
|
| As an interim solution it seems ok to delete this task.
|
| Perhaps someone (who can do something) will notice that
| this is probably linked to the SP1 update and is a
| general problem, affecting many machines.
|
| Meanwhile let me know if you have this identical problem
| and, if possible, what applications you use that may be
| creating this renegade. (I suspect that it is caused by
| the Internet Explorer, but am not sure.)

 

[davetest]

To all of you experiencing this problem. Verify that
1) you have installed all the critical updates, and
2) using the task manager, verify that DLLHOST.EXE is the
culprit.

As an interim solution it seems ok to delete this task.

Perhaps someone (who can do something) will notice that
this is probably linked to the SP1 update and is a
general problem, affecting many machines.

Meanwhile let me know if you have this identical problem
and, if possible, what applications you use that may be
creating this renegade. (I suspect that it is caused by
the Internet Explorer, but am not sure.)

In general, provide more information.
What is the location of this file, and what is size (in bytes)

Dave

 

[Bill]

-----Original Message-----
To all of you experiencing this problem. Verify that
1) you have installed all the critical updates, and
2) using the task manager, verify that DLLHOST.EXE is the
culprit.

As an interim solution it seems ok to delete this task.

Perhaps someone (who can do something) will notice that
this is probably linked to the SP1 update and is a
general problem, affecting many machines.

Meanwhile let me know if you have this identical problem
and, if possible, what applications you use that may be
creating this renegade. (I suspect that it is caused by
the Internet Explorer, but am not sure.)
.
Agree with the anti-virus advice. You might also check

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

Bill