Sounds like virus-like behavior to me. They're trying to bog down resources so that the one true process is lost in the mix of bad processes.

Ah yes, a denial-of-services attack. It looks as if viruses of this type chew up so much CPU on some platforms that common sense is hardly getting to run at all.

Should be fixed when Norton Judgement? comes out soon. They continue to insist that the release is imminent, but will not set a solid date.

There's a word for projects like that: vapourware

Peter