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What the hell would cause this... by Eddie on 02-24-2008 at 03:27 AM
I have seen my SVCHOST.exe jump before but what the hell would cause that massive memory usage?
RE: What the hell would cause this... by MeEtc on 02-24-2008 at 03:32 AM
I dunno, but it might have something to do with BitDefender right below it, also using quite a bit.
RE: What the hell would cause this... by Eddie on 02-24-2008 at 03:35 AM
Yer, i exited BitDefender and thats back running low, but svchost.exe didnt drop.
RE: What the hell would cause this... by MeEtc on 02-24-2008 at 03:37 AM
How about try rebooting? that will guarantee to get rid of it, but won't find the source.
RE: What the hell would cause this... by Eddie on 02-24-2008 at 03:39 AM
quote:Yeah thats precisely why i will not reboot, it is only a temporary fix, i don't want to reboot everytime it spikes. Is it an important process that i cannot "end" or what?
Originally posted by MeEtc
How about try rebooting? that will guarantee to get rid of it, but won't find the source.
RE: What the hell would cause this... by lizard.boy on 02-24-2008 at 04:17 AM
If you use the Sysinternals/Microsoft tool Process Explorer you can hover over the svchost.exe process and it will tell you which services are running under that process. That may help you pinpoint the problem service.
RE: What the hell would cause this... by Eddie on 02-24-2008 at 04:29 AM
quote:Thank you very much, i managed to find the problem, and in fact MeEtc was correct, the BitDefender Threat Scanner was absolutely swallowing everything, that is one massive memory leak though.
Originally posted by lizard.boy
If you use the Sysinternals/Microsoft tool Process Explorer you can hover over the svchost.exe process and it will tell you which services are running under that process. That may help you pinpoint the problem service.
RE: What the hell would cause this... by RaceProUK on 02-24-2008 at 03:33 PM
You don't need Process Explorer: just show the PID columns on Task Manager's Processes tab and Services tab, and the rest follows logically 
RE: What the hell would cause this... by lizard.boy on 02-24-2008 at 06:54 PM
RaceProUk: Would you mind posting a screenshot of what you're referring to? I have a feeling it's Vista only since i can't find a services tab in XP's task manager.
RE: What the hell would cause this... by Spunky on 02-24-2008 at 07:26 PM
Services > View > Select Columns > PID
RE: What the hell would cause this... by RaceProUK on 02-25-2008 at 12:52 AM
quote:I'l check...
Originally posted by lizard.boy
RaceProUk: Would you mind posting a screenshot of what you're referring to? I have a feeling it's Vista only since i can't find a services tab in XP's task manager.
* RaceProUK boots XP in Virtual PC...
* RaceProUK waits...
* RaceProUK waits more...
* RaceProUK sees the Services tab is new in Vista
RE: What the hell would cause this... by ShawnZ on 02-25-2008 at 01:38 AM
quote:
Originally posted by RaceProUK
quote:I'l check...
Originally posted by lizard.boy
RaceProUk: Would you mind posting a screenshot of what you're referring to? I have a feeling it's Vista only since i can't find a services tab in XP's task manager.
* RaceProUK boots XP in Virtual PC...
* RaceProUK waits...
* RaceProUK waits more...
* RaceProUK sees the Services tab is new in Vista
he posted a screenshot of his task manager...