svchost.exe (netsvcs) eating CPU and ram.

[UglyDuckling]

My system is getting destroyed by this service, at startup and for a good while i sit at 0% CPU usage and 800-900mb od ram usage, but all of a sudden this service kicks in and keeps the CPU at 25%+ usage and the ram is a gigantic 2.6GB in use out of 4GB total.


Windows 7 x64 pro


WTF?

 

[UglyDuckling]

I fixed the problem, disabled windows update service from ever working again, downloaded Total360 anti virus, use this to install Windows updates.

System stays under 1GB ram usage now even when updating... LOL

 

[ninaholic37]

Didn't know an anti-virus could install Windows Updates. Interesting.

 

[Ketchup]

Didn't know an anti-virus could install Windows Updates. Interesting.

It's page doesn't say anything about this. UglyDuckling, what AV did you have before?

Also, here are some good tips on getting Windows Update working again:
http://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-s...y-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#solution-4

The main thing you want to take away from this is the Windows Update Troubleshooter FixIt tool.

 

[rgldsmth]

Didn't know an anti-virus could install Windows Updates. Interesting.

Me neither, and I would hesitate to install it on any system too....

 

[JackMDS]

Portable Freeware to Analyze what is running on SVCHOST.

http://www.neuber.com/free/svchost-analyzer/