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The Sniper

Introduction
Some applications may install software you don't need or want, and
sometimes it may be very difficult to remove this software. Using
the Detective, you may become familiar
with programs that simply waste your memory and CPU, which you have
to kill each time you start your computer.
The Sniper is set up to automate this process. You can add a program
to the Sniper's list, and whenever that program becomes active it will
be silently shut down.
Adding programs
You can add a program in one of two ways. First, you can find a program
you'd like to kill and right-click it in the Detective window; choose
"Snipe..." from the list that appears. Or, second, you can open the Sniper
window by clicking on the "Sniper..." button in the Detective window,
and right-click the Sniper's list and choose "New target..." from the
menu that appears. The program will appear on the list. You should
make sure you don't add any programs that are critical to your
computer's execution; the Detective documentation
will help you, and the Sniper itself will not kill any programs that
are known to be system-critical.
Stopping the sniper
If you decide you don't want to repeatedly stop a process, you can
open the Sniper window, right-click that process, and choose
"Remove this Sniper target" from the menu that appears.
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