Q314056- svchost.exe

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SteveDB1

Hi all.
I presently have 11 svchost's running.
I killed the one that took up 95% of my cpu-- making it 12 in all.
While I don't need "everything" to be active right now, I would like to stop
this once and for all.
From what I've read from google, it could easily be a virus, but my AV
scanner doesn't recognize it. And I'm a charter cable customer, so I'm using
F-Secure AV/IS. They're out of Europe.
I haven't taken any steps to "fix" or "repair" the svchost yet.
Anyone have any ideas on how I can resolve this-- permanently?
My OS is XP-Pro, SP2.
I'm using IE 6.0.2900.2801.....
It's an older laptop-- 2000 GW2K, PIII-650, 544mb Ram, 40gb hdd.
Thanks.
 
Most xp pcs will run 5-12 svchost.exe,one simply cannot eliminate them
running,eliminating some programs will/might..Micrisoft recommends run-
ning Msconfig as outlined in kb310560 .
 
Thanks Andrew,
I'll review the kb file and come back to rate post accordingly.
Have a good weekend.
 
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