Is your XP SP3 CPU being hijacked by svchost.exe ?

[gregzz4]

In case anyone else is experiencing this issue, where an instance of svchost.exe is using up all of your CPU, there is a fix

I installed it and all is good

My Desktop was useless for a couple days until I found the time to research it

Apparently the problem is coming from WinUpdate, but it's fixed with an IE patch ...

I know, it makes no sense to install an IE patch for this, but that's MicroShaft for ya

Here's the writeup I got the links from
Apparently this issue dates back to 2002
Sure glad I bought this Virus

Download the linked file appropriate for you
Close all your programs etc

MicroSmurf recommends you backup all your stuff first ... up to you
I have everything on another drive, so in my case, 'Just Do It'
Nothing melted

Run the download
Reboot just for giggles

For IE6

For IE7

For IE8

I think we can do without you Mac users flooding this thread

[hillegom]

I stopped using IE a long time ago.
Firefox for me

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by hillegom

I stopped using IE a long time ago.
Firefox for me

It's not IE causing the issue
It's WinUpdate

[Aquattro]

People still use XP?

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

People still use XP?

Oh come on, I don't want to buy yet another PC just now

[gregzz4]

FYI, the City of Van is still using XP Pro on many of their systems
Have at 'er ...

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

FYI, the City of Van is still using XP Pro on many of their systems
Have at 'er ...

Well, as it's soon to be unsupported, that's probably not the best way to go.

We're even phasing out Vista, replacing with Win 7 and currently building images for Win 8. Always changing, keeps me employed