Norton Antivirus – RTVSCAN.EXE

RTVSCAN.EXE installs with Norton Antivirus version 7.x or later for Windows 2000 and NT4.x. It provides Real Time (background) Virus scanning.

Some problems are associated with this file. Unless you have problems with the file, we'd recommend leaving it in place. Common problems include:

RTVScan uses all available memory when scanning large files - http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/3d2a1f71c5a003348525680f006426be/53b3f65566c26e8588256a460064d3fb?OpenDocument.

CPU utilization for RTVScan.exe spikes at regular intervals - http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/3d2a1f71c5a003348525680f006426be/7bf489b381deb93588256a220026a6e2?OpenDocument.

RTVScan causes Page Faults - http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/3d2a1f71c5a003348525680f006426be/1efbbbc9fd111cbb88256a3e006a7659?OpenDocument.

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