100% CPU

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  1. kingy1213

    kingy1213 Regular member

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    i have a prob with this program i found it by goin to WINDOWS TASK MANGER then the processes tab.

    there is a program "SVCHOST..EXE" that right 2 dots..?

    in Task manager i have 6 svchost.exe and 1 svchost..exe nad that the 1 with the 100% cpu

    now every time i turn the computer i just go end process. No i hear from other people that when i go end task that the computer should restart or i loss audio but i dont.

    Kaspersky Inernet Security 7.0.0.125 finds nothing and i m runing windows xp sp2
     
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    no, that is a virus. There should only be svchost.exe, not one with 2 dots.

    You can kill it through task manager, but to keep it from starting up go to start>run>msconfug> go to the startup tab, and deselect the svchost..exe

    Then run a virus scan and delete the file.
     

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