non-Pi question... where are those CPU cycles going?

[jbeale]

I know this is off topic on the RPi board, but I'm not a member of any group where it would be on-topic, so I'm just throwing it out there...

My Windows PC at work is always running "scan64.exe" (VirusScan On-Demand Scanner) and "mcshield.exe" (McAfee On-Access Scanner Service) and using roughly 25% CPU to do so just about every time I check, so I'm guessing it goes on 24/7. I presume every other PC in the company is too, and perhaps many other companies. Because I don't have the knowledge or interest to dig into it, I can't tell if it's actually spending most of that CPU time mining cryptocurrency or who-knows-what-else, instead of looking for viruses. I doubt I'm the first person to have that thought. What do you suppose the odds are that something like that is actually happening?

[mikerr]

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/mcafee-m ... 75629.html

I’ve never found mcafee to be any good, and it’s conmon for it to hog resources - lightweight free ones are often better:


https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-antivirus