Memory leak in svchost.exe

[JOHN007]

Hi,

There seems to a memory leak from svchost.exe which starts at 2300mb and exceeds over 3000mb on idle in 10mb stages,Ive own Vista so I turned off superfech as that takes up ram but still getting this memory leak? Ive gone through the Malware forums and they have stated that I should go here for further assistance.

Thanks for taking the time read this,

John

[bludgard]

Hi, JOHN007.

In my journeys through virtual interaction, the syptoms presented would indicate malware either past or present. The only thing I would suggest would be to recover the machine to factory default or format the HDD and reinstall Vista (optimally aqcuire a copy of Windows 7).

Back up any files/folders that are dear and scan the hell out of them before migrating back to fresh install.

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

You will need to investigate what is actually using that memory; svchost is - as the name implies - just the host for various services.

Use Process Explorer to find out what service is using up your memory.