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Post July 20th, 2004, 2:16 pm

I have windows xp and svchost.exe continuously loads up. it uses 100% of my cpu. what could be the problem and how can I solve it???
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Post July 20th, 2004, 2:16 pm

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Post July 20th, 2004, 4:49 pm

//Moved, windows problem.

kemahcw you should do an Ozzu search for svchost.
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Post July 20th, 2004, 7:11 pm

Agreed with joebert completely on the search. Bottom line is, you will at any given time have multiple instances of svchost running. svchost is a legitimate Windows service, however for it to be taking up 100% CPU is not normal. You have a virus, or spyware of some kind running. This question has been answered for multiple scenarios already. I suggest the same search joebert suggested as well as running any of the numerous spyware proggies recommended in other threads.

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