scvhost.exe spikes my cpu to 100% - Hardware malfunction afterward

[Guest]

I have Win XP Pro SP2 installed with SB Live WBM series. Lately the
scvhost.exe is spiking my cpu to 100% for a long period of time, seems to
happen after reboot and log on - my initial thought was Windows Update
however I am not too sure now. The process runs for so long when I kill it in
Task Manager most XP appearance themes are disabled and I have no audio
devices installed however Device Manager indicates they are there and
operational. I am thinking maybe this is related to the SB update process
however I am not too sure. I am open to ideas, please post if you have any...

 

[Malke]

I have Win XP Pro SP2 installed with SB Live WBM series. Lately the
scvhost.exe is spiking my cpu to 100% for a long period of time, seems
to happen after reboot and log on - my initial thought was Windows
Update however I am not too sure now. The process runs for so long
when I kill it in Task Manager most XP appearance themes are disabled
and I have no audio devices installed however Device Manager indicates
they are there and operational. I am thinking maybe this is related to
the SB update process however I am not too sure. I am open to ideas,
please post if you have any...

Did you make a typo and type "scvhost.exe" when you really meant
"svchost.exe"? If you did *not* make a typo and you are really seeing
"scvhost.exe" then your computer is infected.

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

It is very unlikely that this is connected with hardware failure. The
fact that you have no sound afterwards does not mean the physical
hardware has failed - it means that the software that enables you to
hear the sounds is not working.

Malke

 

[JS]

From Ramesh's web site: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm
Also: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

To find out more about Svchost.exe entries try Process Explorer:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
(This will provide the detailed info you need)
Next click/Expand the Svchost.exe process that you are interest in.
Then highlight one of the process listed under Svchost, right click and from
the options listed select: google
This should display what out there on the web about that process.

JS