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possible virus using windows 7? svcchost.exe or devmonsrv.exe?
Hi,
I have a samsung series 7 gamer with this setup.
Intel core_i7 Processor 2.3GHz
16 GB RAM
1.5TB Hard Drive
17.3-Inch Screen, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
1.5TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
16 GB SO-DIMM RAM
17.3-Inch Screen; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M Graphics
Intel Core i7 Processor 3610QM 2.3GHz
In the last couple of days my computer has randomly been freezing when I'm playing poker and related programs When I went to task manager it shows svchost.exe using 348k memory. This causes CPU usage to fluctuate between 15-60% usage and physical memory 30-40%. These are the services it's running Wlansvc(WLAN Autoconfig), UxSms(desktop window session manager), TrkWks(distributed link tracking client), SysMain(superfetch), PcaSvc(program compatibility assistant service), Netman(network connections), IPBusEnum(Pnp_X IP Bus Enumerator), Audio EndpointBuilder(Windows Audio Endpoint Builder)
I know recently there were windows updates and the only program I could find installed in the last few days under downloads was Nvidia. Nvidia does not seem to be hogging much Ram though.
When I look under Resource Monitor, devmonsrv.exe (bluetooth device monitor) is hogging a ton of the CPU processes and services. It averages 12 while the next program averages 2-5.
I have Comodo firewall and Avira Free anti-virus. I ran scans using both of these as well as a full malwarebytes scan and detected 0 viruses.
I googled this problem and must have read through 9-10 threads but noone seems to have a permanent solution (that I can find at least). Help is very much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
edit: devmonsrv.exe looks like the culprit. I ended the process and it drastically reduced cpu usage. Still not sure if it could be a virus. Probably unlikely if none of the virus scans picked it up right?
Last edited by benk; 06 Mar 2014 at 18:46.