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SvcHost is taking 100% of CPU. It appears to be either DcomLaunch or TermService - virus?

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So my SvcHost is all of a sudden taking 100% of my CPU, and I'd like to figure out which service is responsible for this. Is there any way to differentiate the load being generated by the multiple services running in a single SvcHost? I have run a virus scan and it came up clean my tool is old and …

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Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.44
Database version: 3763
Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702

2/19/2010 12:12:58 PM
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Fix for: SvcHost is taking 100% of CPU. It appears to be either DcomLaunch or TermService - virus?

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I would suggest grabbing Microsoft/SysInternals Process Explorer. With process explorer you can open the specific svchost process and see which services are being run from that process. You can then use the "Services" tab in the process details to s…

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