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