Why does dllhost.exe Com surrogate consumes memory untill crash

Anonymous
2013-04-24T21:17:11+00:00

Why does dllhost.exe  Com surrogate consumes memory untill crash.

It happens when I highlight or view a folder containing video files, Even if I close the folder or select a different folder the memory keeps getting consumed.

It seems to happen mostly with 3D Video files but it has done the same with 2D files.

So it seems to be a problem with the windows thumb nail system dealing with these files.

By the way trying to delete or move the file or folder while the Com Surrogate is consuming memory Delete can not complete the task.

What I have been doing is finding offending file selecting Delete, then go to task manager stopping Com Surrogate, then the file will delete.

Fix

"MS are aware of problems with certain chipset/driver combinations and the KB2670838 update

They are also aware of problems with the IE10 install

They are working on both issues, and will update as and when they are satisfied that they have solved the problems.

The recommendation in the meantime is that if the update doesn't install first time, make sure it's uninstalled, and then hide it - Windows Update will unhide it when it is updated."

So Uninstall IE10 and KB2670838 update, hide them from auto updating when thy pop back up to be updated the problem should be fixed.

Proof that MS knows that IE10 has problems on some hardware platforms is here.

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/jj898509.aspx

Hope this helps Every One.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-08-22T17:54:33+00:00

    I had the cascading DLLHOST.exe problem where more than 20 copies start running simultaneously. Like many other people, I used so many strategies simultaneously, its hard to know which one worked. Here's the overall:

    A) Stop using IE and move to Firefox

    B) Stop using whatever internet protection and move to Kaspersky

    C) Run the Microsoft Safety scanner

    D) In case all fails and you dont have install disks, get MagicJellybean Keyfinder, download the ISO from digital River (ONLY OF THE SAME WINDOWS VERSION, NOT WHAT YOU WISH YOU HAD), decompress into a CD and install ONLY IF NEEDED.

    There is no registry to delete or quick fix, you gotta start deleting things you recently installed. If you have a saved system restore point, go back to that with windows restore.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-07-30T15:29:49+00:00

    Try removing KB2670838 as well.  After you uninstall it, be sure to go back to Microsoft Updates, and select this update and and hind it so you do not accidentally re install it.

    This issue has been well documented and known to Microsoft for quite some time (over a year) but they still refuse to do *anything* about it.

    I have no idea why.

    jack

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-07-30T11:19:10+00:00

    More than a year has passed since it has happened to you ( William Hagenberger) and now it strikes me... I had downloaded a .mp4 file which unfortunately got corrupted due to interruption in the download and voila!.. There it was in the Task Manager eating up RAM memory and heating up the CPU - dllhost.exe... After some thorough research and thinking, I figured out that the best way to stop the dllhost.exe from consuming such enormous amounts of RAM must be to detect the file whose thumbnail it was trying to render. Luckily for me knew I which file it was... I deleted the file but couldn't delete it forever from the Recycle Bin despite using CCleaner which itself would hang. Therefore, I killed the process tree of dllhost.exe (dunno if it's safe but it anyways kept restarting), and deleted the file simply by right clicking the Recycle Bin in Desktop (where was my brains earlier?). The comp is working fine now and there are no noticeable lags.. The dllhost.exe file hasn't shown up on the Task Manager though I suspect it might return again if some other file gets corrupted or something... Oh and by the way I use a Windows 7 Ultimate x64 PC that has 4GB of RAM.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-30T13:26:40+00:00

    I do not have IE10, only 9. Uninstalled KB2670838, trouble seems to have disappeared.

    Today it showed up as a recommended update for Windows server x64 2008. Will be kind of hard to try to keep control of updates when Microsoft keeps pushing updates with known faults.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-06-10T14:23:34+00:00

    I have a problem,kinda same with this one:

    I tried to install a game,then my microsoft security essentials found a virus and i deleted it.After that,i closed the game installer,then dllhost.exe appears,but consuming only 1.164 K's of memory.I scanned once more with Security Esentials and nothing.

    What shall i do?Is this an system error or just...i don't know...

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