SVCHost.exe Causes High Memory
I had a system checked in with a number of viruses and sporadic issues, but one caused me quite a few headaches. After the system was booted, it would run fine for a few minutes, but then it would gradually slow, eventually becoming unusable. I finally found found (in task manager) that svchost.exe was running high. I could kill it off, but it would return within a minute, and use high memory (800,000K+).
After running Process Explorer from Sysinternals and a few other apps to try and diagnose the issue, I opted to run Kaspersky’s TDSSKiller. Surely enough, it found a Rootkit on the system. After a reboot, it was running fine.
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I hope this helps!