Windows – Extreme memory leak windows 7 svchost.exe

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So this is the Service

Shitty svchost.exe

Here's what happens after I press "go to services"

What it goes to

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Windows Update Client for Windows 7: June 2015 (KB3050265) contains a fix for the issue that Zee is having with netsvcs, I’m not sure how effective it really is across the board but I’ve had success on multiple installs. The problem that Matthew is having looks to be different judging by the second screenshot; without looking into it further it's hard to say, but I’d give the fix from Microsoft a try before troubleshooting further.

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Windows – Why/how is svchost.exe using 6.5GB of memory

svchost.exe is the process that runs all your Windows services. One of them has gone mad apparently. Right-click on svchost.exe and select "Go to Service(s)". That will tell you which service it is, and you can use Services Manager to restart or disable it if you don't need it.

For a better description with nice screenshots check out:

How-To Geek: What is svchost.exe And Why Is It Running?

Per your update, you can check out a couple of those services:

CscService: Related to the "offline folders" feature of Windows. Do you use that?
UxSms: Related to Desktop Window Manager. Try disabling Aero, see if the problem occurs.

Windows – svchost.exe high memory usage – wuauserv

In my experience, when wuauserv starts eating memory, the best thing to do is to wait until it finishes installing the updates and then reboot.

If you can't or aren't willing to reboot now, you can always reset wuauserv with the following BAT script (right click & run as administrator):

net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
rd /s /q %windir%\softwaredistribution
net start bits
net start wuauserv
wuauclt.exe /detectnow

Hope it helps.

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