High scvhost.exe Activity on Windows Vista: Is It Normal or Problematic?

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Having multiple instances of svchost.exe running on a Windows Vista system is common, as this process hosts various Windows services. However, having around a dozen instances may indicate an underlying issue, especially if one instance is consuming excessive memory (50-55k) and causing system sluggishness and choppy video playback. This could be symptomatic of a problematic service or malware. Running a virus scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a recommended step to identify any potential threats. To alleviate performance issues, consider identifying which specific services are linked to the high-memory svchost.exe instance and managing them accordingly.
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Lately, I've had roughly a dozen scvhost.exe's running at the same time on my computer. That seems quite high, even after reading up on what scvhost does. Is this normal, or could it be problematic (or a symptom of a problem)?

Another issue is that one of the scvhosts usually has much more memory use than the others. When it gets around 50-55k, my computer starts acting sluggish and video playback with VLC gets choppy. When I kill that instance, everything goes back to normal (though the Vista Aero effect goes away). I usually have several programs open at once (VLC PLayer, uTorrent, a few Chrome windows), but it's never caused problems before except in the past couple months.

My operating system is Windows Vista Home Premium. I'll run a virus scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to check for that and see what comes up.

Any way to fix this issue?
 
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It's not that unusual to have that many http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svchost" .
 
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