Re: What is PNTIOMON.exe?

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:33:56 GMT

Pntiomon PNTIOMon.exe

(Trend Micro) Real-time background antivirus scanning task from the
PC-cillin antivirus software (from version 2000 onwards) – Windows
NT4/2000/XP/2003 only. This task scans files for viruses as you access
them. It also automatically updates your PC-cillin antivirus software from
the Internet if you have turned on that facility.

Recommendation :
Essential task of your PC-cillin antivirus software – leave alone. Users of
PC-cillin 2000/2001/2002 may experience PNTIOMON running away with CPU
resources, up to 99% – this is sometimes actually nothing to do with
PNTIOMON but with the indexing service CIDAEMON; in other cases PNTIOMON is
actually the culprit, in which case we recommend upgrading to version 2003
which seems to fix the problem. 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
In news:1102501c4413e$ce12c190$a401280a@phx.gbl,
PBoyd <pboyd@cox.net>  hunted and pecked:
> What is PNTIOMON.exe?  It is running on my son's Sony
> VAIO with WinXP Home Edition.  It takes up all of the
> processor capacity and memory and freezes the computer.
> What is it and how do we stop it from taking over the PC?