Hello silustran,
Several days ago my AVG updated and required a restart. It seems like my issues started after that restart but I don't know if it's coincidence or not. Initially, JIT debugging windows started popping up and I was unable to eliminate them by canceling. I had to OK and click through and then disable within the program. Those have ceased, but now my system is experiencing a multitude of other problems--most notably extremely high CPU usage anywhere in the 70-100% range for svchost. I've noticed as many as 8 instances of svchost running with most using 1-3k. I've also had error messages pop up related to memory, have issues shutting down the computer properly, and have software issues when coming back to my computer after its been in sleep mode.
I'm running XP, Firefox 10.0, and AVG Free 2012.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Jeanine

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