Svchost process slowly adds memory until programs start crashing


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    Svchost process slowly adds memory until programs start crashing


    One of the svchost processes will slowly start to add memory to itself until it's eaten up enough to start crashing other applications.

    If I restart the computer, it will start over, but then the problem starts again. It's seemingly random when it starts to eat up memory. It could take a day to accumulate or hours.

    Process explorer is unable to show me which service within that svchost is the culprit. Not sure where to go from here.
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    Welcome to the Seven Forums.

    Have you setup Process Explorer to send file hashes to VirusTotal?

    See this post: Process Explorer 16

    You might also want to scan your computer with one or more offline scanners:
    What is Windows Defender Offline?
    Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10
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    elstie said:
    One of the svchost processes will slowly start to add memory to itself until it's eaten up enough to start crashing other applications.

    If I restart the computer, it will start over, but then the problem starts again. It's seemingly random when it starts to eat up memory. It could take a day to accumulate or hours.

    Process explorer is unable to show me which service within that svchost is the culprit. Not sure where to go from here.
    Try using "msconfig" to diagnose the problem.

    How to use MSCONFIG in Windows 7: NetSquirrel.com

    HTH
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    UsernameIssues said:
    Welcome to the Seven Forums.

    Have you setup Process Explorer to send file hashes to VirusTotal?

    See this post: Process Explorer 16

    You might also want to scan your computer with one or more offline scanners:
    What is Windows Defender Offline?
    Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10
    VirusTotal wasn't showing anything as being malicious. When I scanned with Windows Defender offline it didn't come up with anything meaningful. I did the full scan overnight.

    Sir George said:
    elstie said:
    One of the svchost processes will slowly start to add memory to itself until it's eaten up enough to start crashing other applications.

    If I restart the computer, it will start over, but then the problem starts again. It's seemingly random when it starts to eat up memory. It could take a day to accumulate or hours.

    Process explorer is unable to show me which service within that svchost is the culprit. Not sure where to go from here.
    Try using "msconfig" to diagnose the problem.

    How to use MSCONFIG in Windows 7: NetSquirrel.com

    HTH
    Do you mean to disable things in the Startup tab and see if everything goes ok in order to narrow down the culprit?
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    elstie said:
    UsernameIssues said:
    Welcome to the Seven Forums.

    Have you setup Process Explorer to send file hashes to VirusTotal?

    See this post: Process Explorer 16

    You might also want to scan your computer with one or more offline scanners:
    What is Windows Defender Offline?
    Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10
    VirusTotal wasn't showing anything as being malicious. When I scanned with Windows Defender offline it didn't come up with anything meaningful. I did the full scan overnight.

    Sir George said:
    elstie said:
    One of the svchost processes will slowly start to add memory to itself until it's eaten up enough to start crashing other applications.

    If I restart the computer, it will start over, but then the problem starts again. It's seemingly random when it starts to eat up memory. It could take a day to accumulate or hours.

    Process explorer is unable to show me which service within that svchost is the culprit. Not sure where to go from here.
    Try using "msconfig" to diagnose the problem.

    How to use MSCONFIG in Windows 7: NetSquirrel.com

    HTH
    Do you mean to disable things in the Startup tab and see if everything goes ok in order to narrow down the culprit?
    Correct! See the following link for a better explanation of how to use Msconfig. The section for Vista works the same for Windows 7;

    How To Troubleshoot Your Windows With The MSconfig Utility

    HTH
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    Sir George said:
    Correct! See the following link for a better explanation of how to use Msconfig. The section for Vista works the same for Windows 7;

    How To Troubleshoot Your Windows With The MSconfig Utility

    HTH
    Ok. So here's the thing. Once the svchost process that is the culprit rears its head, I'm able to right-click it in the task manager and go to services. All the services that encompass it are highlighted in the list. Does this already narrow down the field for me?

    If so, just based on this list, these seem like very important services to keep open (while the article says to leave important services that you don't know anything about activated).

    Once it starts acting up again, I can post a list of these services, if that's helpful.
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    elstie said:
    Sir George said:
    Correct! See the following link for a better explanation of how to use Msconfig. The section for Vista works the same for Windows 7;

    How To Troubleshoot Your Windows With The MSconfig Utility

    HTH
    Ok. So here's the thing. Once the svchost process that is the culprit rears its head, I'm able to right-click it in the task manager and go to services. All the services that encompass it are highlighted in the list. Does this already narrow down the field for me?

    If so, just based on this list, these seem like very important services to keep open (while the article says to leave important services that you don't know anything about activated).

    Once it starts acting up again, I can post a list of these services, if that's helpful.
    The best place to start is Msconfig.

    Read the article at the following link which will give you an idea of what svchost.exe does.

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...is-it-running/

    HTH
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