Windows 7: svchoste.exe problems

shawaj · 23 Jun 2010

Hi,

I am having problems with svchost.exe using up loads of cpu - approx 50% on a dual core 3.4ghz.

I have been trying to sort this for the last week using google etc but no luck so trying here now!

I am running Windows 7 x64.

The services running under the 2 offending svchost.exe processes are:

Audiosrv
Dhcp
eventlog
lmhosts
wscsvc

BFE
DPS
MpsSvc

Could anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance

fishnbanjo · 23 Jun 2010

You may want to download and run Malwarebytes (free download) to see if you have any Malware issues. Malwarebytes

shawaj · 23 Jun 2010

ok just running that now...will update if that fixes it

fishnbanjo · 23 Jun 2010

It won't fix the issue for you but will identify actual Malware on your PC that may be causing the issue, action to remove the Malware needs to be undertaken by you, it just points to where the offender(s) are.

shawaj · 23 Jun 2010

no malware found...

fishnbanjo · 23 Jun 2010

Well that is good news, next question is are your drivers and updates for Windows up to date?

shawaj · 23 Jun 2010

i just installed some updates, and after they installed it worked fine, i then restarted again to see if it was a coincidence...and sure enough it happened again.

as far as i know my drivers are up to date, although i think this could be a problem with a creative sound card i tried to install.

i have now uninstalled it and got rid of all the software, but it is still happening to maybe not.

fishnbanjo · 23 Jun 2010

Monitor it for a little bit, if it returns I used the following on a friends PC due to the same issue to identify what process using svchost was actually eating up the resource. svchost viewer It takes a few seconds to download and install and several minutes to run, it identifies everything using svchost and how much resource it is using and should help you pinpoint the offender.

Almost forgot to add that you should not allow the automatic updates from Creative run with Windows 7 this has been an ongoing issue and you should check for updates via their website.

shawaj · 23 Jun 2010

ok i am running that now...

there also seems to be quite a high "hardware interrupts@ cpu usage.

shawaj · 23 Jun 2010

i had a look at the svchoste viewer thing, it only shows amount of memory being used, not cpu, so not quite sure how to identify which process is eating up the cpu?

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