SVCHOST slows me down!

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Niclas

Hi
svchost.exe sometimes "takes over" my computer and uses about 70% of the
CPU.
I'm not on a network, just connected to the internet with ADSL.
Nothing special has to be done to make this happen, I just notice that the
computer gets really slow from time to time.
Any ideas what's going on?

Thanks in advance!
/Nisse

XP PRO
AMD1700+
 
Greetings,

"svchost.exe" is safe and it's part of Windows XP. Also some times spyware
or adware might slow down your system. Check out my guide below:

http://users.onvol.net/118226-2/xpez/articles/remove_spyware.html

Try these programs to check for any spyware that may be on your system:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp



Thanks and best of luck!
 
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