Mike Leone on 26 Jan 2008 09:31:35 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] tasklist.exe is a handy Windows CLI tool similar to ps/top


Eric wrote:
> jeff wrote:
>> Mike Leone wrote:
>>> Really? I never had Norton or McAfee trigger on anything from
>>> SysInternals ...
>>> ___
>> Symantec corporate tried to eat them frequently.  I have to give
>> Symantec credit - it tried to eat a whole lot of my admin utils.
>>
>> Unfortunately they've developed Windows Syndrome, in that the AV has
>> become fat and bloated, slowing down everything it touches.  We're
>> keeping it for desktops and moving elsewhere for servers.  Getting rid
>> of it on the desktop is going to be PAINFUL.
>>
>> I have been using AVG on Win boxes lately.  Doesn't slow them down.
>>
> 
> I've had a similar experience with Norton/Symantec Internet Security. 
> Occasionally it goes "crazy" and becomes a total resource hog slowing the 
> computer to a crawl.  Uninstalling is the only solution I've found.  Same for 
> Macafee.

I'll believe that; I've seen the same. But that is different from 
"Symantec corporate tried to eat them frequently". Or is to me, anyway. 
I take that to me that Symantec Corporate stopped them from executing, 
saying they were a virus. I've never seen it do *that*, not to those 
programs, anyway.
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