A sort of legal malware.  I've not yet figured out what programs use it, bu=
t I have concluded that it, like Skype, forms a background peer-to-peer net=
work that will cause disk thrashing even when your programs don't use the d=
isk (during idle times).  If that annoys you, you can turn it off at startu=
p.

Akamai NetSession is a bandwidth hog, like Skype is...but you can turn it o=
ff... turning off " Akamai NetSession", which you can do from "Startup" tab=
 in Task Manager, more info here: http://www.akamai.com/html/solutions/clie=
nt_faq.html#q7   does seem to help prevent disk thrashing at startup (you c=
an always turn it on if you need it later, the control panel for this clien=
t program, which uses your bandwidth and HD in a sort of peer-to-peer netwo=
rk, is found here: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAMEHERE\AppData\Local\Akamai\ControlPa=
nel.exe 

RL
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