AppStore Checking for updates.. consuming massive amounts of memory Is this normal? (softwareupdated is an apple helper checking for updates)



I restarted my mac and it started again

slowly climbing the numbers

The AppStore is spinning trying to check for updates, and i am unable to update my mac >.&lt;



So i guess my actual question is

Can it be fixed? Do i need to reinstall Yosemite or can it be resolved with a simple Patch without going through AppStore?

Specs:
I force quitted the 'softwareupdated'-helper
and immediatly tried to click the update button, before AppStore began to check for updates.
Took a few tries but managed to get pass the check and have now Succesfully updated to 10.10.4