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
    2013-01-08T03:37:50+00:00

    I am having the same problem.  Using Resource Monitor to filter by svchost.exe I was able to determine that it is wuauserv (Windows Update) that is consuming my upstream bandwidth (200Kb/s - 700Kb/s).  It appears to be going to a Microsoft IP address 157.55.60.56.  I'm not sure what it's sending but would definitely like to figure it out.  If I stop the Windows Update service the traffic stops.  It also appears to be consistently using about 10% CPU.  I am running 64-bit Windows 8 Pro.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-02T15:22:48+00:00

    You already did most of the work necessary to find out what's causing it. It's a windows service (one out of the list you mentioned) using svchost.exe. In order to find out which one it is, you need to stop one service at a time until the bandwidth is cut down. Run "services.msc" and start stopping one service at a time (out of the list you get from tasklist /svc /fi "imagename eq svchost.exe"). There you will have the culprit.

    Also see my blog post on the issue, it will help you with the list of services: http://blog.haraldkraft.de/2012/11/windows-service-svchost-exe-is-downloading-constantly/

    Hope this helps/helped.

    Cheers

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  3. 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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