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Norton may not be the devil, but it certainly lies with Beelzebub.
High memory Usage @ Idle
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Computer Type: Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number: HP
OS: Dual Boot Win 8.1 x64; Win 7 SP1 x64
CPU: i7-3610QM @ 2.3 GHz
Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 181C (U3E1)
Memory: 8 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz
Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Hard Drives: Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 SCSI Disk Device; WD Elements 1042 USB Device
Antivirus: Microsoft Security Essentials; Comodo Firewall w/ Defense +
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