Svchost.exe

[General Baxter]

just what the hell is this using up 89% of my memery?

[Iain]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=svchost.exe+memory+usage&spell=1

[burgo]

end the task and find out

[Jack]

Ade posted about this not long ago ;)

IIRC it was an anti virus that was making svchost.exe run like mental

[ade]

it's the windows automatic updates that needs to be disabled -

download process explorer here - tells you what svc host.exe does-

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

and then here to stop windows auto update (you need a newer version of it) go here -
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_fix_this_high_cpu_usage_svchost_virus_or_ whatever_it_is.html