SVCHOST.exe eats 25% of CPU on idle XP

L

Larry

How is it that SVCHOST.exe consumes so much CPU?
Is this a virus? Task mgr shows it at 32MB.
tasklist /svc shows:
SVCHOST.EXE AudioSvc, BITS, Browser, CryptSvc,
Dhcp, dmserver, ERSvc, EventSystem,
FastUserSwitchingCompatibility, helpsvc
LanmanServer, LanmanWorkstation, Messenger,
Netman, Nla, NwSapAgent, RasMan, Schedule,
seclogon, SENS, ShellHWDetection, srservice,
TapiSrv, TermService, Themes, TrkWks,
uploadmgr, w32time, winmgmt, wuauserv, WZCSVC
 
N

Nictu

It could be spyware. Download and istall adaaware from
download.com and run a scan. Cheers.
 
G

Guest

I had this problem for couple of years. Finally I had to RE-INSTALL my XP because I was having someother problems. After I reinstalled XP with a new admin username I installed my other programs one by one over a period of 1 week just to see which one is causing the problem. So far I don't even see HELPSVC.EXE program running in the processes. Now with 256MB RAM I am not having any problem.

The only solution to fix this problem is to reinstall XP.

JK
 

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