svchost.exe and CPU

[Miriam Seshadri]

Hi,

I have Windows XP running on my machine and lately svchost.exe has
been giving me a lot of trouble. Whenever I connect to the internet,
this file starts hogging up my CPU and running it at 90 - 100 %. I
have Norton Antivirus but that hasn't found any problems. I have
disabled some services such as Universal Plug & Play etc but that
hasn't solved the problem either. What should I do?

 

[Michael Stevens]

Hi,

I have Windows XP running on my machine and lately svchost.exe has
been giving me a lot of trouble. Whenever I connect to the internet,
this file starts hogging up my CPU and running it at 90 - 100 %. I
have Norton Antivirus but that hasn't found any problems. I have
disabled some services such as Universal Plug & Play etc but that
hasn't solved the problem either. What should I do?

Scroll down to the bottom of the link below.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.gaobot.alu.html

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[Brian K]

I had a similar problem, not due to a virus. Disabling the SSDP service
fixed it. I don't know why.

Brian