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hobbit709

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3. Had a couple brought in recently with about 20 instances of svchost running

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 10:21 AM

Dec 2013

both computer had that damn Sweet Packs installed. what a pain to remove everything it buries itself into.
One of them had a trojan that made a hidden virtual drive that Windows wouldn't let you see. Once I figured out what was going on, I booted with a Linux Live disk-which lets you see everything on the hard drive and removed all traces. Many, many bad words were involved.

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Problem Solution: Windows XP, svchost.exe using 99% CPU, very slow system [View all] Denzil_DC Dec 2013 OP

Before you do any of that, run full security scans. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #1

Good point. Denzil_DC Dec 2013 #2

Had a couple brought in recently with about 20 instances of svchost running hobbit709 Dec 2013 #3

Very decent information - truedelphi Dec 2013 #4

You're welcome. I figure that if Microsoft does go ahead and withdraw Windows XP support, Denzil_DC Dec 2013 #5

My goal in early 2014 is to have truedelphi Dec 2013 #6