Rtvscan

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Rtvscan.exe is the Real Time Virus Scanning Process by Symantec on Windows Operating Systems. This Process, which runs under Administrator privileges, runs in the background at all times continuously monitoring and checking for infections of viruses. This process is helpful in preventing the computer from receiving any virus infections. It has been observed that rtvscan takes up a significant amount of processor cycles (CPU time) and memory of the computer.