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From: -Nisko- on 29 Aug 2006 10:48 I should have said that I'm learning a lot from ALL you guys!!! Thanks........ "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:AbMIg.5282$4O4.1548(a)trnddc02... > From: "-Nisko-" <rmo555(a)cox.net> > > | For the past week or so, one instance of svchost has been hogging 70% to > 90% > | of my CPU. I have tried many ways to find the culprit to no avail. > Once in > | a while, when I boot, it doesn't happen - but, most of the time, it does > | happen. The result is that my PC becomes extremely sluggish - so slow > that > | it's unusable. I use McAfee anti-virus and a variety of spyware > finders - > | and the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. None of > these > | has found anything unusual going on. All my signatures are up to date. > Can > | anyone help me rid my PC of this issue? Thanks....... > | > > Use the SysInternals ProcessExplorer and determine if SVCHOST.EXE is > executed in a location > OTHER than %windir%\system32 > > http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html > > If you find SVCHOST.EXE running in a different location, then its malware. > > Look at "thecreator's" answers for possible resource hoggers. > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm > >
From: -Nisko- on 29 Aug 2006 10:52 Yesterday, I had to restart my PC many times before svchost did not hog my resources. I used it til bedtime with no problem - left it running overnight. When I looked this morning, explorer.exe was hogging my resources - not svchost. Now, I just changes the properties in Plug and Play, SSDP and UPnP and am going to reboot (10:52am EST). "thecreator" <thecreator(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:aMydnUWK-uMvAW7ZnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... If you are using Windows XP in default mode, where XP hides the Startup Icons, this will restore the missing icons. -- thecreator "-Nisko-" <rmo555(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:XlMIg.3513$Zm1.1560(a)dukeread02... > Also, by changing the settings as you suggest, what does that do? What > should I look out for? > > > "thecreator" <thecreator(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:RuednWHyuMp_Gm7ZnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > Hi Nisko, > > Plug and Play Set to Manual > SSDP Discovery Service Set to Manual > Universal Plug and Play Device Host Set to Automatic > > Go into Services and changes the above Services. Reboot. > > > -- > thecreator > > > "-Nisko-" <rmo555(a)cox.net> wrote in message > news:LZKIg.3499$Zm1.1472(a)dukeread02... >> For the past week or so, one instance of svchost has been hogging 70% to >> 90% >> of my CPU. I have tried many ways to find the culprit to no avail. Once >> in >> a while, when I boot, it doesn't happen - but, most of the time, it does >> happen. The result is that my PC becomes extremely sluggish - so slow >> that >> it's unusable. I use McAfee anti-virus and a variety of spyware >> finders - >> and the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. None of these >> has found anything unusual going on. All my signatures are up to date. >> Can >> anyone help me rid my PC of this issue? Thanks....... >> >> > >
From: Gabriele Neukam on 29 Aug 2006 11:07 On this special day, -Nisko- wrote: > The result is that my PC becomes extremely sluggish - so slow that > it's unusable. I use McAfee anti-virus and a variety of spyware finders Maybe you are suffering from the same bugged component as "dewey" - namely the script scanner of McAfee. Turn it off and check if it is better. Gabriele Neukam Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam(a)t-online.de -- Ah, Information. A property, too valuable these days, to give it away, just so, at no cost.
From: -Nisko- on 29 Aug 2006 11:44 Thanks - but I don't understand what you mean by 'dewey' and the script scanner. Please tell me what to shut off and how to do it. I have been running McAfee for several years now. This problem just appeared about a week ago. "Gabriele Neukam" <Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam(a)t-online.de> wrote in message news:ed1l7g$fuv$03$1(a)news.t-online.com... > On this special day, -Nisko- wrote: > >> The result is that my PC becomes extremely sluggish - so slow that >> it's unusable. I use McAfee anti-virus and a variety of spyware finders > > Maybe you are suffering from the same bugged component as "dewey" - > namely the script scanner of McAfee. Turn it off and check if it is > better. > > > Gabriele Neukam > > Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam(a)t-online.de > > > -- > Ah, Information. A property, too valuable these days, to give it away, > just so, at no cost.
From: Gabriele Neukam on 29 Aug 2006 12:29
On this special day, -Nisko- wrote: > Thanks - but I don't understand what you mean by 'dewey' and the script > scanner. He posted in alt.comp.anti-virus (see the subject "McAfee v11 is killing my computer") and reported a similar problem. He identified the McAfee script scanner (against malicious scripts in web pages and mails) as the culprit, at least in *his* case. I thought you had been hit by the same bug. "peacekeeper" sent a reply to this thread, but sadly, it was below a signature separator, which will make it invisibale to some readers. I'll quote it here. (quote)Just an Update a major patch is coming through this week . I have seen the fixes and they cover most issues with vs11 and firewall. including some installing annoyances Tony (end of quote) HTH Gabriele Neukam Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam(a)t-online.de -- Ah, Information. A property, too valuable these days, to give it away, just so, at no cost. |