September 18, 200619 yr Hi guys...my CPU is running at 100%, and its all a file named svchost[Caution: Executable File] any suggestions? "The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms." -Genghis Khan
September 18, 200619 yr I dont recognize that name from any of the operating systems i work, that is a virus for sure. Kill the process and just delete the file. Run a proper av and anti spyware program. If you want to be in the safe side, just cut the file and paste somewhere else in the hard disk. *** [ END ]: You gained 1,671,000 thieving exp in 9mins 44secs. That's 10,300,684 exp/h.Dragon Drops - 1 Skirt
September 18, 200619 yr I dont recognize that name from any of the operating systems i work, that is a virus for sure. Kill the process and just delete the file. Run a proper av and anti spyware program. If you want to be in the safe side, just cut the file and paste somewhere else in the hard disk. svchost[Caution: Executable File] is a windows process that handles DNS and other network related stuffets. Killing it will either result in something no longer working untill you reboot, or it'll just restart itself. Reference/description for scvhost[Caution: Executable File] Another reference: http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/svchost[Caution: Executable File].html It is possible for it to be replaced by a virus or other malware, so you should run a virus and spyware scan. It could also be another program running on your machine that is heavily using what the process provides. A personal example, leaving the windows DNS service turned on and using a large hosts file can push it's usage to 100% while it goes through things, so it could be legitamate usage.
September 18, 200619 yr svchost is usually legit. in windows operating systems...but it does depend on it's location. On here you have to change the ".e3e (CAUTION - executable file)" to "[Caution: Executable File]"... Update and run your antivirus and see if it picks anything up to be sure. Edit: damn someone got there before me..
September 18, 200619 yr Author found this on another forum: Quoted by Berky: Well it sort of works, all the basic stuff works and internet, but when i try to play a game online for some reason every 5-10 mins it lags out for a minute or so I have been reading all day about the SVCHOST issue where folks are experiencing 100% cpu activity for a while as soon as connecting to the internet. My fix is limited to the situation outlined below and does not include the 60 second shutdown issue or crashing. Some websites and forums suggested that SVCHOST is being exploited by a worm or trojan, but most people find their virus scans come up empty as do the spyware checkers. So your computer is mostly OK except for this cpu drain that seems to last only a short time. I have had the problem for about a week and I have tried five different virus scans (including on line McAfee, AVG, PC Security Shield, and Symantec) and two spyware programs (Adaware and Xoftspy) but found nothing of import. My "Hijack This" log has not changed. It started after a recent Microsoft Automatic Update to my Windows XP SP2 system. So if you dont have a virus, and still have this problem, here's what I did. Using Process Explorer (from SisInternals -- http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/P ... lorer.html I could see that one of the many SVCHOST copies was running (1144) which was attempting to assist Microsoft Automatic Updates (3108 and 2720). My Automatic Updates was set for "Notify Me but do not download or install". Apparently the cpu usage is caused by the Updates program attempting to determine if there are updates which it of course only does when you connect to the internet. I simply set my Automatic Updates to OFF and the problem disappeared. I did not experiment with allowing it to be ON full automatic mode, but I suspect that would be OK too. Appears to me that Windows is not playing nice with the Notify me but do not download option. Wanted to let you know cuz lots of folks are suffering. I suspect this is something MS will be fixing in a future update.... When you start your machine, immediately start the Process Explorer, and watch the cpu usage as your internet connection is established. If you see that the SVCHOST that is causing the CPU load has underneath it (below the minus sign associated with it) one or two Automatic Update listings, then try my fix by either shutting off Automatic Updates in Control Panel (Automatic Updates). Regards, Dan I tried wat this guy was saying, and it found 15 new updates -.- sooo, hopefully that worked "The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms." -Genghis Khan
September 18, 200619 yr Author oh yea, and virus scans arent picking anything up btw, i really appreciate your guys help "The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms." -Genghis Khan
September 18, 200619 yr Yeah svchost[Caution: Executable File] is a windows component, but svchost.e3e is not.What you said seems to fix the problems when i got that program wasting cpu cycles. Edit - Lol silly me, i didnt know that the board filtered the exe part :x sorry *** [ END ]: You gained 1,671,000 thieving exp in 9mins 44secs. That's 10,300,684 exp/h.Dragon Drops - 1 Skirt
September 18, 200619 yr It's a windows component, but look for tiny differences with it and svchost.e3e Like other people said, it can be disguised.
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