Hi, if it's lsass.exe, then check out this article (http://www.fileinspect.com/fileinfo/lsass-exe/).

Here's a good article on how to fix high svchost.exe CPU usage - http://www.fileinspect.com/fileinfo/svchost-exe/. It's quite long, so can't post ll of it here. Hope this helps.

I found that AVG slowed down my computer (XP) a great deal. When I switched to Avira, the problem was gone.

Might be a Windows Explorer problem. Check out this article (http://www.fileinspect.com/fileinfo/explorer-exe/) - maybe you will find a fix there.

I found that AVG slowed down my system, so I switched to Avira. Try downloading Malwarebytes and run a scan. Also have you cleaned and defragged your hard drive? If not, do that (and browser cache...

Sometimes lsass.exe is a trojan. Read this article (http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/inspect-windows-processes/)

Anti-virus: Avira Personal
Audio editor: Audacity
Defragmenter: Auslogics Disk Defrag
Email: Thunderbird
All-in-one utility: BoostSpeed

Hi all! I've read about BoostSpeed on CNet. It sounds all good and it supports 64bit, but I'm kinda careful about all that optimization software. So, has anyone tried it? I'm particularly interested...