SVCHost

[Jim]

I have a hp brio running w2000, sp4. It is so slow as to
be unbelieveable. SVCHost is using 65% of the processor
time. What would cause such a high usage. Most of the
time the system shows 100% busy.

Jim

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If Svchost.exe is using such a large portion of your CPU cycles,
it has most likely been "hijacked" by a worm or Trojan. Have you
tried using a decent antivirus application with the most
currently-available virus definition files? A strong candidate would
be W32.Welchia.Worm.

A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314056

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


Bruce Chambers

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