February 26th 04, 12:41 PM
Yes it is normal to have multiple svchost running. But
what is not normal if one is eating all your cpu. This
typically indicates a virus/spyware.
Run an uptodate virus scan,
download and run adaware & spybot & hijack this.
Also you may want to run an online virus scan to be even
more sure(symantec.com).
>-----Original Message-----
>I have several instances of svchost.exe running at the
>same time. I notice this while on the Internet. Is this
>normal?
>
>ALSO, I have frequent occurances where svchost.exe
NETWORK
>SERVICE takes 100% of the CPU time, resulting in all
>processes being held up until it finishes what ever it is
>doing.
>
>How can I remedy this?
>.
>
what is not normal if one is eating all your cpu. This
typically indicates a virus/spyware.
Run an uptodate virus scan,
download and run adaware & spybot & hijack this.
Also you may want to run an online virus scan to be even
more sure(symantec.com).
>-----Original Message-----
>I have several instances of svchost.exe running at the
>same time. I notice this while on the Internet. Is this
>normal?
>
>ALSO, I have frequent occurances where svchost.exe
NETWORK
>SERVICE takes 100% of the CPU time, resulting in all
>processes being held up until it finishes what ever it is
>doing.
>
>How can I remedy this?
>.
>