Okay, thank you very much

[archcommus]

This is a THANK YOU note to svchost.exe for totally fvkcing over multiple computers multiple times for at least ten minutes for no good damn reason. First, yesterday on my computer at work - spikes to 100% taking everything to a halt. I end it, it comes back a few minutes later. Eventually ends. Then I get home, turn my PC on, whoa, same thing! So slow even web site can't load! Eventually ends, forget about it.

Next day at work, happens to at least two more employees, then I come, power on my machine, bam, same thing again. Want to end it? Okay, but for some reason it then fvcks up DirectSound and just comes back in a few minutes anyway.

WTF MS. I can only guess this is some kind of weird automatic updates thing.

 

[EKKC]

virus?

 

[JoPh]

your welcome...yeah... thats it.

 

[goatjc]

Originally posted by: EKKC
virus?

Be my guess.

 

[nakedfrog]

There's a command that tells you what processes are running under svchost.exe

 

[archcommus]

No virus, guys, we're talking at least 4 corporate computers, two of them on a different network in a different building, and that's only the ones that discussion of were within earshot of me, plus my own, which was scanned clean with Kaspersky just a few days ago.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
There's a command that tells you what processes are running under svchost.exe

I heard someone mumbling about that at work.

 

[swimscubasteve]

Same thing happens to me too.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
There's a command that tells you what processes are running under svchost.exe

I heard someone mumbling about that at work.

http://ask-leo.com/svchost_and_svchostexe_crashs_cpu_maximization_viruses_exploits_and_more.html

 

[Jeff7]

svchost.exe is just fine on my PC's.

If it's not a virus, it might be spyware, possibly CoolWebSearch. Use Adaware, Spybot, and CWShredder.

 

[archcommus]

I am very dubious it is any kind of spyware or virus. This happened to me a few times in the past, but not any time recently, and suddenly it happens to me twice and to a handful of random employees in the same two days. I doubt we all downloaded the same malware at the same time. Especially considering one of these was my boss who I know personally and keeps a very clean machine, as do I. Plus, at least twice that it's happened the automatic updates thing has popped up in the tray, but never started downloading any updates and then just went away.

 

[archcommus]

Happened to a couple more employees today. Definitely not a virus and almost definitely associated with automatic updates. When doing this it often brings up the automatic updates tray icon, but takes FOREVER for some reason to start downloading them, or doesn't at all.

 

[Aikouka]

My SVCHost has been crashing lately, but I don't see a 100% CPU use. Well, I may have 100% CPU use, but the fact that I'm not really doing anything and I have a dual-core processor would make it not show as easily. I wondered why my audio service and DHCP client kept crashing.

EDIT: Note that I'm also running Vista. I haven't installed the latest patch that came out 2 days ago though .

 

[kranky]

See if this helps:

Get the fix at Microsoft Knowledge Base article number 927891 (for XP) first, then update the Windows Update Agent. There's a link to it here.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: archcommus
Happened to a couple more employees today. Definitely not a virus and almost definitely associated with automatic updates. When doing this it often brings up the automatic updates tray icon, but takes FOREVER for some reason to start downloading them, or doesn't at all.

Same thing happened the last 2 days at work. svchosts maxing out, I had the guys stop the process and the pcs would work fine. I had them go back in and try to do an update and the svchosts would then spike up to 100%. Definately was the automatic updates causing it. Yesterday, the guy when booting up for the first time, waited long enough and I think it was able to update without fvckin anything up.

 

[Bryophyte]

My computer's been doing the same thing the past few days. I'm getting pretty damned sick of it. :|

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Like a few above had stated, it's the Windows update service that is run in svchost.exe You need to go to the windows update site and run an update from there, it will check your update software and fix the issue. I've had dozens of PC's at work have this issue.

 

[yowolabi]

It's windows update. Step by step instructions on how to fix.

 

[Feldenak]

It's a problem with Automatic Updates. I've had good success with this solution on the machines here at work

 

[archcommus]

Thanks for the info, people. Wonder what patch or error in a patch caused this, anyhow...