svchost.exe constantly downloading stuff eating up my limited bandwidth

Anonymous
2012-05-04T19:46:37+00:00

Hello everyone, I am running Windows 7 and recently I've been having this problem with svchost.exe and I hope someone on here could help me fix it. The problem is that my computer out of no where just starts downloading stuff (I don't know what it is downloading), I have a bandwidth monitor (BitMeter) and have noticed these constant downloads. So I started researching using the internet and a little program called TCPView and found out that the downloads are being caused by a program (don't know which one) using svchost.exe. Using TCPView I am able to end the process, with that said using the task manager these processes are not visible or accessible so my only chance to stop it is to use another TCP or process viewer. Also when I stop it it is only temporary because it starts up again after a few minutes.

 I ran the (tasklist /svc /fi "imagename eq svchost.exe") command and found a few inconsistance with the downloading running and without (after I stopped it) and found with it running/downloading Appinfo, BITS, and Wuauserv are being used I don't know what program is using this service, hope that helps. I can't afford to keep it running because I have a limited amount of bandwidth I tried a few things such as HiJackThis, Norton Internet Security, Avast Anti Virus, Windows Defender just to mention a few I even restored my PC to the way it was when I first bought it and neither of them fixed my problem. Help Please

Excuse my english/grammer I am a bit frustrated now trying to keep this thing at bay, thanks in advance for all your help

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Anonymous
2013-02-17T13:17:40+00:00

Its occur mostly because of BITS(Background Intelligent Transfer Service)

Stop this service.

Go to Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services - search for BITS and Stop the service by right clicking on it then click on stop. Also in the properties of this service select manual or disable.

You can enable it to update ur windows anytime whnevr u hv an idle connction.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-02-16T04:23:36+00:00

    Finally located the source of the bandwidth used by svchost.  Appears to be a bug in Windows Update.  I am running Windows 10, Home Edition. On my computer, Windows Update, almost every day, is downloading updates to programs NOT installed on my computer.  For example, just during the last week, it downloaded the following updates to these programs: Xbox, Facebook, Minecraft. None of these are installed on my computer.  I confirmed what was being downloaded  through the "Reliability Monitor". By the way, under "Advanced Options" of Update settings, I do have the following option unchecked, "Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows".  

    I ran the following antivirus programs to confirm there is no virus on my computer: Avira, SUPER AntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, and Spybot. No viruses reported.

    I do not see any mention of this bug in Microsoft's database.  I have no solution to this bug.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-06-03T06:43:39+00:00

    Thanks a Lot Buddy :) :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-05-02T22:37:23+00:00

    whhhoooow dude thanks a LOT, i did what you said and the svchost has stop download **** from the net. thx man

    (you worth the best answer)

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-05-05T07:43:09+00:00

    Hi Gladwin Mc Clintock,

    Method 1Step 1: I would suggest you to boot the computer into safe mode with networking and check if the issue persists.

    Advanced startup options (including safe mode)

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode

    Step 2: I would suggest you to perform clean boot and remove the program that is causing the issue.

    How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

    Note: Follow step 7 from the clean boot article KB929135 to reset the computer to normal mode.

    Method 2I would suggest you to run online virus scan using Microsoft safety scanner.

    Microsoft Safety Scanner

    http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx Note: When you perform online virus scan****you will lose some data that is affected by virus. Microsoft is not responsible for such data loss.

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