<andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> There's nothing I can do "with" it, I have almost no control over it.
Here's
> what happens.
>
> We have the on-access scanner running on every PC, at normal priority
(which is
> the default). Anytime I touch a file, ANY file, it goes crazy and uses at
> least 50% of my CPU. Launching Java apps takes FOREVER because it's
scanning
> every JAR file. When I use one of my monitoring/reporting tools which
does
> heavy I/O, my machine basically becomes unusable. Same with doing any
large
> file copy or even access over the network. Launching
Firefox/Netscape/Mozilla
> is slow for the same reasons. Once I'm into using my swapfile (which
happens
> regularly), it's all over.
>
> I usually pre-emptively disable the on-access scanner when I know I'm
about to
> get into heavy activity. It turns itself back on after 5 minutes, but
that's
> usually enough time for me to get my work done.
Wow. Why would anyone need anything that intrusive?
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