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Too many svchost.exe causing 100% CUP usage

Anonymous
2022-03-23T20:44:30+00:00

Hi I have just installed a Windows 10 update and since then I had svchost.exe causing icredebly high CPU usage, I supected that it may be a malware so I tried to locate the svchost.exe files. However they all fall under the Windows directory. I have included a search done using Everything application:

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. DaveM121 867.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-03-23T21:22:23+00:00

    Hi Sami Aouad,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Svchost is the main process in Windows on top of which most Windows processes run, it is normal to have 70+ versions of Svchost running, they usually do not take up much system resources.

    Your screenshot does not show svchost using your processor.

    When your processor is running at a very high percentage, open Task Manager, then select the Processes tab and click the CPU column header so the arrow on that header points down, please provide a screenshot of that Task Manager window.

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