Got new problem with svchost.exe

[lurker]

Today's reboot took me to microsoft's update page and I clicked on what looked appropriate.... it rattled the hard drive for quite awhile so I left it for a few hours and prowled around the hood. It was still rattling without any screen change when I returned. Soooooo, I rebooted, ran ad-aware, and the hard drive's still constantly chattering with very slow surfing.

Lots of data being transfered as seen in shot (right-click and open in new winder for best viewing) "a" and "b" and the task manager's shot shows a few instances of svchost.exe with the highlighted one being the heaviest user... It also won't let me stop it.

What to dew, what to due, what to do?

[lurker]

Well golly be.... after an hour and a half it quit burping and seems to be fine now.

Thanks Micro(I gotta admire any man who names his company after his sex organ)Soft!

[Bubba]

from the answersthatwork network....An integral part of the operating system, leave alone – multiple instances of SVCHOST is a normal occurrence. If you experience SVCHOST errors, the problem is most likely not with SVCHOST but with the DLLs it is hosting. However, if you experience a lot of SVCHOST errors, and particularly, if the full path to SVCHOST.EXE is not any of the above, then you most likely have a virus

[Bubba]

I noticed this program running in your task manager, here is an explanation to what it is and why it is there. This is also from answersthatwork...

WinPPPOverEthernet.exe

What it is:
Background task for WinPoET. WinPoET is a program which provides support for PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet). For the layman PPPoE is a technology which enables your ISP to connect you to DSL/ADSL access in a manner that looks to you as if you are connecting via a standard modem, except that you are in fact connecting via a network card. Putting aside what you may have been told by your ISP, the only and real reason for using this technology is to enable your ISP to provide broadband DSL access while at the same time not having to go through costly modifications of their authentication infrastructure (authentication is the process of verifying that you are an authorised user of your ISP’s network, and then letting you access the Internet). WinPoET, and others like it, was invented in the early days of DSL to enable ISPs to embrace DSL at vastly reduced costs to them since they could use their existing infrastructure with very few changes. In 2002 and beyond, most new DSL services are provided without such software with the ISPs providing the end-user with DSL routers.

Recommendation :
If WINPPPOVERETHERNET is running on your PC, and it was provided by your current ISP, then you need it, period.

[lurker]

Thanks Bubba for your additional input.

United Wireless is my ISP and I've been poetic ever since.

[Tee]

Originally Posted by Bubba

In 2002 and beyond, most new DSL services are provided without such software with the ISPs providing the end-user with DSL routers.

Recommendation :
If WINPPPOVERETHERNET is running on your PC, and it was provided by your current ISP, then you need it, period.

While this is true, there are alternatives to the bundled PPPoE provided by your ISP. Usually ISP's such as SWHell and most others build in code that assist them in tracking your internet activity and bandwidth usage.

There are other Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet communication programs that you can use in lieu of the software provided by your ISP. The most common is RASPPPoE. While Windows XP has a built in PPPoE layer, if you have loaded software provided by your ISP that allows you to connect to the Internet then you should consider uninstalling it and installing RASPPPoE instead. It works the same and while it does take some configuration to setup, it does not have the spy tools normally encapsulated in your ISP's provided software package.

All that being said, here is the best thing you can do with PPPoE. GET RID OF IT!! Don't I need it? you say.. Yes you do, if you have DSL, but not on your PC. Solution: Get a router! Almost every router has a dynamic PPPoE interpreter built right in. Linksys, D-Link and just about every brand that uses DHCP will handle all of the communication via PPPoE from the router, to the modem. Then the link between your PC and your Router is PPPoE FREE. Why is this good? If frees up not only memory on your PC, since the program is not memory resident, but also frees up valuable CPU resources and overhead. This will make your PC and your internet connection faster and more responsive since there are fewer background applications competing for your PC's resources.

To anyone that uses DSL and do not have a router; you have PPPoE on your computer as a translation layer between you and the Internet. GO get a router and then get rid of the software. You will notice a big difference in not only your internet speed, but your PC's speed, even when performing non-internet tasks. This is especially important for older PC's, older OS's, or PC's that have less than 512 mb RAM or less than 2.0 GB CPU speed.

None of this applies to people using Cox Cable and most other Cable providers.

If you are curious which processes do what, I would suggest checking them on Whatsrunning.net.

Looking at yours, I do not see any trouble items from what I can see but the CPU time that the svchost.exe instance has accumalated concerns me. Some viruses do use the SVCHost.exe to communicate back to their origins.

Question: What is your OS, Computer brand, CPU speed, Memory, and hard drive size?

Also, I see some services running in there that could be disabled if you are not using them, but I need to know your OS and other specs before I can elaborate.

[Made in the USA]

Thanks Micro(I gotta admire any man who names his company after his sex organ)Soft!


Lurker!!! I gotta admit, this is the only thing I understood on this whole discussion.

[lurker]

Question: What is your OS, Computer brand, CPU speed, Memory, and hard drive size?

W2K, Mostly Gateway hardware.... I believe it's a 20 g hard drive

[lurker]

Whatever it is is back...
Cornfuser worked fine last evening and also this morning and even into the early afternoon BUT the hard drive began chattering at about 2:30 (same boot). I left it for a two hour cruise of the hood and it was still chattering at 5:00. I did see that the ISP meter showed a re-connection an hour before 5:00 and Outlook Express wasn't my default email client anymore.

I rebooted and then discovered a failed ISP app. to United's wireless service. That's fixed (by reinstalling) but it still is destroying my headroom and gobbling my virtual memory... at least it's telling* me it's gunna expand the limits.... *several times

It acts like a virus scan or a defrag's happn'ng. The picture shows processes with no winders open.... except the task manager.

To recap: I visited microsoftdick's website to see what new patches were needed and clicked a scan that never quit.... Hours later I dumped it; but I don't think it's dumped me.

I want to know what's new in the (free) anti-virus world...?

[Bubba]

It might be that you have a hard drive that is about to die.