For some few months I've been wrestling with svchost.exe intermittently using up 90+ percent of the CPU and slowing things to a crawl. It does this for a minute after every restart, and then throughout the day, every 5 or 10 or 15 minutes or so it does it again, usually for about a minute each time. I haven't been able to associate it with anything.
I've got four or five svchost processes running at any time, and the one showing the problem is associated with Windows network services. It has over a dozen different network related threads (RAS, DMCP, Fax, etc., etc.) associated with it.
Nothing I've tried has helped, and I've reached a point of frustration where I could really use some outside help. Most recently I updated all my hardware drivers, with no benefit. So now I've gone through all the steps in the "8 Steps" message in this forum. The logs are attached.
The Cisco VPN is for a client. The problem predated that installation, but I'm perfectly willing to nuke it if someone wants me to for troubleshooting. Likewise, the LogMeIn installation is for supporting my mother and sister on occasion. The problem predated that, but I'm willing to nuke it, too.
I noticed in the logs a few Trojan files found in unused areas (not in active programs). Those were old files from way before the problem. I have, of course, cleaned them up.
Thank you.
--David
I've got four or five svchost processes running at any time, and the one showing the problem is associated with Windows network services. It has over a dozen different network related threads (RAS, DMCP, Fax, etc., etc.) associated with it.
Nothing I've tried has helped, and I've reached a point of frustration where I could really use some outside help. Most recently I updated all my hardware drivers, with no benefit. So now I've gone through all the steps in the "8 Steps" message in this forum. The logs are attached.
The Cisco VPN is for a client. The problem predated that installation, but I'm perfectly willing to nuke it if someone wants me to for troubleshooting. Likewise, the LogMeIn installation is for supporting my mother and sister on occasion. The problem predated that, but I'm willing to nuke it, too.
I noticed in the logs a few Trojan files found in unused areas (not in active programs). Those were old files from way before the problem. I have, of course, cleaned them up.
Thank you.
--David