svchost.....problem.. ithink...

[krnjason]

lately one of my svchost.exe's ( the one that controls the audio thingy) has been have QUITE the big mem usage in my task manager.. to be exact, starts off with 35,000k usage then in about 15 min it goes up to 200,000k-300,000k usage... and its laggin everything mozilla, counter-strike.. etc.. is there some thing wrong? i ran norton and nuthing came up..

[isogonic]

svchost exe control windows services. i would do a online scan or two here:

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
check AutoClean under Scan Options.

Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fact...ACHEHINT=Guest

Kaspersky virus scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

Housecall at TrendMicro
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
check Auto Clean.

F-Secure virus scanner
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

then if problem continues head over here:

http://ask-leo.com/svchost_and_svchostexe_crashs_cpu_maximization_viruses_exploits_and_more.html