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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

You might want to stop running atop

My life as a mercenary sysadmin can be interesting. Sometimes I find things, and sometimes I hear things. Now and then I say things.

Right now, I think it's probably best if you uninstall atop. I don't mean just stopping it, but actually keep it from being executed.

I'm not talking about the OG top, or htop, iftop, or anything else with a "top" name. Just atop.

I can go into why another time.