Neowin News Feed for: Svchost

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll hijacked to distribute malware [Update]

Justin Luna — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 05:00:01 +0000

Crunchyroll, a popular online streaming service for watching anime, was recently the victim of a DNS hijack which saw a malicious payload delivered to otherwise unsuspecting users. Read more...

Microsoft: We will work on fixing SVCHOST bug in Windows XP "through the holiday"

John Callaham — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:36:57 +0000

Microsoft's latest update on fixing the SVCHOST bug in Windows XP claims the team will work "through the holiday" on a solution to this long standing problem, but there's still no ETA for its release. Read more...

Microsoft still trying to fix SVCHOST bug in Windows XP

John Callaham — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:38:02 +0000

Microsoft is still attempting to fix a bug in Windows XP that has caused SVCHOST to push the CPU of a PC to 100 percent usage in clean installs of Windows XP SP3. Read more...

SVCHOST bug still spikes CPU at 100% 6 months before Windows XP support cut-off

John Callaham — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:08:27 +0000

Microsoft's cut off date for supporting Windows XP is just six months away, but some users of the OS are still finding bugs, such as one that causes SVCHOST to push the CPU to 100 percent usage. Read more...