About a month ago I posted a request for a service or task throttler. After doing some more digging, I came across Process Lasso and I have to say it really seems to fit the bill. Although it wasn't able to reign in the virus checker, it is able to kill that runaway process entirely. Not an ideal solution of course, but at least the computer's functional.
Incidentally it turns out I'm not the only one that's been griping about Symantec's Norton AntiVirus. Try searching for rtvscan.exe, the name of the AV process (or one of them, anyway) that was killing me. Nothing but "pegged the CPU" as far as the eye can see, for a wide variety of platforms and computers of varying horsepower.
Remember folks: security is meaningless if it turns your computer into a hot brick. What's the difference between not being able to use my computer because it's infected with viruses, and not being able to use my computer because it's looking for viruses?
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I use ProcessTamer - it dynamically lowers the priority of tasks, which kept my AV software from locking my computer. Also, pretty much everyone complains about Norton - it can be even harder to remove than a virus. You may want to look at a tool like AVG's anti-virus.
Thanks for the ProcessTamer suggestion, Scott. I'll have to check it out to see if it can handle Norton any better.
I wish I could remove it, but sadly this was a problem with my work PC and our Imperial IT department has decreed Norton on everything. At home, I jumped ship from Symantec as fast as I could. :)
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