Why do I have this slow computer with CPU usage always peaking out at 100% capacity?This is how one person described the problem. "I've noticed that my CPU is running 100% capacity. For instance when I am doing a search for a file or when Outlook Express is open, I'm get a warning from Norton Utilities that my CPU is using 100% of its resources. Seems to me that shouldn't be. What's also slow is programs opening. Any ideas?" Good news, I have not just an idea - I also have the experience... and the solution!
Hey, I don't want to belittle the problem, but can you listen to another helpless victim, here? HI EXPERTS , Poor fellow. These computer specs don't suggest slowness to me. This is a computer with muscle! So why should it be crippled - just struggling to process your keystrokes? Sometime ago I set up a PC for my friend - who remains nameless (though happy, now). As a college professor of English, she was not short on words to describe her plight. Her computer seemed to delight in employing delay tactics as she typed. Two to 3 seconds to display a letter when typing in Microsoft Word! I checked for spyware on this professor's machine. I scanned for virus, but I could not wait for these programs to run. Why? The CPU was always laboring like a mower trying to plow through an overgrown lawn. Everything froze on this machine, except the Windows Task Manager utility which was always showing "CPU Usage" at 100%.
This was a problem, a pain, and a panic - well, almost. The next screen shows the problem. It is not something you would normally find. The subtle and devious bug is highlighted in the picture. Note the normal Windows file svchost.exe. Then look at the process added by the W32/Agobot-S virus.
Do you see the 3 instances of the correct file and the bogus file in the red oval? The first time I checked the processes running on this machine, I did not detect the "cv" sequence of characters. Finding and Removing the WormWhen I discovered the "bug" I knew I had to go to the registry to disable the trigger. Since some of the other processes that were running would not affect basic operation of Windows, I ended some of them. Then I ran REGEDIT (Start -- Run -- then type regedit and press Enter). I did a search for scvhost. Right-click on the registry item and choose Modify. Be careful NOT to type svchost (which is the "good guy"). The search found the culprit and I renamed it. I tagged the "underscore" at the beginning of the name. Restart the computer and this is the beautiful view I got from the Windows Task Manager!
Now the fever was gone. The PC was kicking again, my English professor friend waxed eloquently in jubilation. Now she could surf the Internet again! If you want to find out more about this W32/Agobot-S VIRUS and how it can cripple your computer with this bogus scvhost.exe file, click here check out the information or to get an antivirus and PC boosting solution to a slow computer. Look for WinTasks 4 Professional.
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