Mashoreen asked the Answer Line forum why taskhost.exe–usually a small background application–was consuming 50-percent of his CPU. Like the title character from Woody Allen’s Zelig–who changes his ...

TechLatest is supported by readers. We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more. You’ve noticed that a number of instances of taskhostw.exe are running in Task Manager.

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong section, been a long time sense Ive been on the forums.<BR><BR>Ive had an Issue over the past few days where taskhost starts another instance that uses one of my CPU ...

This is an undesirable program. This file has been identified as a program that is undesirable to have running on your computer. This consists of programs that are misleading, harmful, or undesirable.