ok so here's my headache... one of the computers in my office is having a problem... one of the svchost.exe started by SYSTEM is running at close to 100% of the proccessor, while another is dormant... what could be causing this? the OS on the machine is xp pro, sp2 is not installed... any ideas???
RobScarpelli 0 Newbie Poster
nanosani 20 Technize.net addict Team Colleague
This is a description of the process from microsoft :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056
Try end tasking explorer.exe and then running it again.
jwenting 1,889 duckman Team Colleague
Start by installing XP2 (after making sure you're free of all the nasties installing that one would have prevented you from getting).
Unless you yourself installed a pretty hefty background process it could well be some malware (though it might just be a runaway normal process, but then it would be less likely to persist).
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
check the spelling and make sure it is , svchost.exe,and not scvhost.exe or something close
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