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Rtvscan.exe file information

The process Symantec AntiVirus or Norton AntiVirus belongs to the software Symantec AntiVirus Client or Norton AntiVirus Corporate or Symantec Client Security or Symantec AntiVirus Server or Norton AntiVirus Client or Symantec Endpoint Protection by Symantec Corporation (www.symantec.com).

Description: File Rtvscan.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\ (normally C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 1706176 bytes (12% of all occurrence), 610304 bytes, 1715904 bytes, 573440 bytes, 454656 bytes, 1221864 bytes, 1813232 bytes, 1107784 bytes, 1756912 bytes, 1799408 bytes, 1805552 bytes, 1267024 bytes, 471040 bytes, 1275216 bytes, 1258712 bytes, 647168 bytes, 1816768 bytes, 430080 bytes, 655482 bytes, 1228923 bytes, 1764592 bytes, 1805040 bytes, 581632 bytes, 1807600 bytes, 483328 bytes, 651264 bytes, 1735872 bytes, 389120 bytes, 442368 bytes, 1273982 bytes, 1814720 bytes, 466944 bytes, 1726656 bytes, 1829616 bytes, 491520 bytes, 1757936 bytes, 1823472 bytes, 1813184 bytes, 385024 bytes, 1752256 bytes, 2177464 bytes, 487424 bytes, 1956552 bytes, 692346 bytes, 1777392 bytes, 1234152 bytes, 659578 bytes.
It is not a Windows system file. The program has no visible window. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. It is a Verisign signed file. It is digitally signed. Rtvscan.exe is able to monitor applications, hide itself. Therefore the technical security rating is 24% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as Rtvscan.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the Rtvscan.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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realtime symantec avs... nothing wrong with it but the damn thing hogs memory
  john  

Only hungry when an actual "full scan" being run, pretty insignificant the rest of the time. I suggest changing when you have system scans run to a time that suits you better. Difficult on large networks where you have to run during the day so everyone is on, our organisation uses Friday lunchtime which is best for most.
  William  

I consider it "corporate spyware" when it is in "CPU Hog" mode, use "TCPView" and you'll see that it also has established a connection with a corporate server (even if you're on VPN). You can't kill the process, but you can kill the connection using TCPView.... at which point it stops hogging resources. It is "phoning home" with a great deal of data.
  Networker  

This is critical to Symantec but its takes up more power than oblivion to run it so you have to choose, symantec, or use of your computer.
  Aris  

Bloody RAM HOG. They really need to do something about this. I hate using Norton but its an office pc so I have to live with it.
  Adrian  

Symantec realtime scan. Takes up lots of cpu, moderate memory usage. Annoying, but very safe.
  Bob the Tailor  

It is CPU and memory hog. However, its important for system stability and security
  Faisal  

Takes up a ton of room and makes all processes extremely slow.
  James  

Well, had I not had it running on my notebook, I would be notebook shopping now or paying money I don't have for someone to help me fix my hard drive. It is slowing things down, yes, but it has also caught some pretty shady Trojan and Highjack attempts. Nothing in life is perfect. If it wasn't this, it would be something else. So deal with it.
  Amy  

This is annoying. The network administrator in my building Requires us to have symantec installed and running, but I don't want this!
  Jason  

The scan makes my computer safe, but I can not do anything until it stops keeping me safe. One would think "helpful" software would not be so harmful to productivity
  Trying to Work  

Is there a way to stop it temporally then on again later
  Mo  

uses 4x more mem than photoshop cs - now that's a mem hog
  TF  

This process is located in the WINNT\System32 folder, named csrss.exe, showing itself as Rtvscan.exe error, and the Symantec Rtvscan is in the Symantec Antivirus folder. So I think its dangerous.
  Haha  

Its indeed a process hog. takes 98% of my cpu usage. (i have a 512 MB RAM). All steps to stop theprocess ends in "Access Denied".
  Manishankar  

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