svchosts.exe

Download Ad-Aware 6.0 and scan your PC for the presence of spyware:
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10...age&tag=button

Note: Be sure to click on the "Check for updates now" link before scanning.

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/d...d=ie&venid=sym

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827315

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Matt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
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| When I start my computer up it uses about 210Mb of memory
| which I though was unusually high, then wehen I start to
| do things on it like browsing the internet and chatting
| to friends using instant messenger my memory and procesor
| usage is extremely high, I exit the programs yet my
| computer has been using 100% of its processor and tells
| me it it using up to 800Mb of page file usage. I Have
| 512Mb of Ram installed and it sometimes says there is
| only about 100Mb of this left as the rest of it is being
| used, I check the processes it has done and svchost.exe
| appears 3 times and on some occasions it is using up to
| 300Mb of memory, what is this and why is it doing it?
| Because of this my computer sometimes runs extremely slow
| and tells me that i am running low on memory or virtual
| memory. It only really started when i connected my
| computer to my other home computer which is connected to
| the internet by an adsl modem.
| Any Help Would Be Great Thanx!