It hogged so much of the processor on our test PC, even our mouse pointer could only twitch.

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Mark Russinovich of SysInternals did a detailed analysis of a "rootkit" (their word, not ours) he found on his PC, and discovered that, not only was it surreptitiously installed when he played a protected CD, but it also hogged system resources and integrated itself into Windows so deeply that uninstalling it disabled his CD drive.

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"He hogged the headlines on the day of an international match and it was all about Craig Bellamy, " said Toshack.

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