How to stop the deluge of entries in /var/log files?

[joe at actionline.com]

>>> On Thu, 2010-02-04 joe wrote:
>>> Feb 4 04:11:01 crond: root /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh
>>> [this is running every minute]

I found what was causing this "problem."
It is a security utility called "msec" that runs every minute
apparently sniffing for "promisc(uity)" and any other unseemly
activity on the system. I found that it can be turned off,
but apparently it has some benefit in that it sends an email
alert to the system administrator if it discovers any malicious
activity.