[Ham-Mac] SloMoMac (was "anti virus software")

[Chris Smolinski]

>Process ID:	1689
>Process Name:	sh
>% CPU:		floating between 71 and 82 %
>parent process:	cron 1688
>
>I quit applications one at a time until the only thing running was 
>the Finder.  "sh" responded by consuming the rest of the cpu 
>capacity.  I restarted and it went away.  I have tried to recreate 
>the situation but sh has yet to show up again, nor has the parent 
>process "cron 1688."  I have opened everything I can remember having 
>open plus a bunch of other stuff including classic apps.
>
>Anybody have a clue because I sure don't.

sh is a command line shell. cron is a task schedule, cron started sh. 
cron is used to run programs on a periodic basis, often programs that 
do lengthy tasks, like indexing files, etc. My guess is that is what 
happened. you can run crontab -l from the console window to see the 
scheduled tasks for your account, but it is likely that the cron job 
is running under another account, either root or another account with 
root privileges.
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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com