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Paul K · 01-06-2006, 20:49

As above, SVCHOST is windows service host and is normal. You need to find out where it is though as there was a trojan doing the rounds masquerading as svchost a while back. How many versions of svchost you have running at any one time depends solely on what you are doing and how many are required.
Check the process name to make sure it is the correct file and then search for it on the PC to make sure it's in system32, if it isn't then it may be a problem.

01-06-2006, 20:49	#6
Paul K Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Essex innit Age: 52 Services: Sky HD + 16Mb ADSL BT Telephone Posts: 15,735	Re: svchost.exe 100% CPU Usage As above, SVCHOST is windows service host and is normal. You need to find out where it is though as there was a trojan doing the rounds masquerading as svchost a while back. How many versions of svchost you have running at any one time depends solely on what you are doing and how many are required. Check the process name to make sure it is the correct file and then search for it on the PC to make sure it's in system32, if it isn't then it may be a problem.