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Symdaemon occasionally chewing up lots of CPU

  • 1.  Symdaemon occasionally chewing up lots of CPU

    Posted Jan 15, 2014 07:05 PM

    I've had two users, both with pretty new iMacs running Mountain Lion 10.8.5 and SEP_12.1.4013.4013-1 (managed client, I have no access to server infrastructure) who have reported symdaemon chewing up lots of CPU.  One user has an admin account and was able to restart SEP.  The other does not and rebooted.

    I'd appreciate any ideas about what might be the issue, possible fixes, places to look for more info (Symantec-specific logs, dump files, etc.)



  • 2.  RE: Symdaemon occasionally chewing up lots of CPU

    Posted Jan 15, 2014 07:09 PM

    Is a scan running during this time?



  • 3.  RE: Symdaemon occasionally chewing up lots of CPU

    Posted Jan 15, 2014 07:36 PM

    Oops, I should have said... no.



  • 4.  RE: Symdaemon occasionally chewing up lots of CPU

    Posted Jan 16, 2014 12:57 PM

    Still looking for some help on this...



  • 5.  RE: Symdaemon occasionally chewing up lots of CPU

    Posted Apr 02, 2014 10:43 AM

    Nobody has the faintest idea what might be causing this?  It's a pretty well-known issue...