Thanks for all your suggestions. After talking to our MIS guy, he changed the settings on the AV program that will now allow me to change the settings or even turn off the program.
Regards, Steve Smith, C.I.D. Product Engineer Staco Energy Products Co. Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com & www.stacopower.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PEDA] Antivirus Problems > > > The problem with your suggestion (though I do think it really > is a very > good suggestion), is that for many of us, there isn't any choice > involved. The MIS department, configures the net for > security, iner and > intra, and "realtime" scanning is defacto the norm for these > guys. They > don't seee beyond THEIR mandate. > > In other words, it sounds good, but the commandant won't allow it. > > On the other hand, I ran P99SE SP6 for several years on a Mcaffee beld > system, (realtime annoying interference mode on), and never had a > database corruption with it. Admittedly, system performance sucks with > "realtime protection" enabled, since Mcafee scans everything all the > time, and McAfee squanders memory like Protel used to do, with memory > leaks like my memory, but nothing ever got corrupted by it. Same for > Norton. > > I'm just waiting for some bone-head security-freak to get the idea of > scanning every single action continuously. Take that 4GHz machine and > make it equivalent to an old PII 300... > > Well, more thanks to all those digruntled apple and linux dicks that > have and are pounding out all of this viral crap that Norton, Mcafee, > and the others milk for their profits...hang 'em by their bouncies and > then peel their skin I would. > > aj > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bagotronix > >Tech Support > >Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:07 PM > >To: Protel EDA Discussion List > >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antivirus Problems > > > >> Recently I've had InoculateIT antivirus loaded on my system > >(P4 2.4GHz > >> w/ > >XP Pro SP1) and have since occasionally had my databases get > >corrupted. I remember others on this forum having problems > >with Norton. Is there an antivirus program that doesn't cause > >problems with Protel 99SE SP6? > > > >Steve: > > > >I have heard the file corruption complaint from many folks > >over the years. > >The pattern I have noticed is that they all run BIG > >applications, such as Protel or AutoCAD, and they all use some > >kind of antivirus software that scans files automatically when > >the files are opened and/or saved. > > > >My conclusion is shocking: that all of the antivius programs > >that scan files in real time are seriously flawed. I am sure > >that the antivirus vendors would prefer to produce s/w without > >this bug, but they must not have enough technical information > >about Windows file operations and latent bugs to do so, > >otherwise they would. > > > >My proposal: stop using antivirus scans in real time. Use a > >mass file scan periodically, instead. You could set it up to > >scan when you turn the PC on in the morning, if you are > >willing to wait 30 minutes or so to start using your PC. Or > >you could start the scan just before you leave the office in > >the evening. > > > >Best regards, > >Ivan Baggett > >Bagotronix Inc. > >website: www.bagotronix.com > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Steve Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:29 PM > >Subject: [PEDA] Antivirus Problems > > > > > >> Recently I've had InoculateIT antivirus loaded on my system > >(P4 2.4GHz > >> w/ > >XP Pro SP1) and have since occasionally had my databases get > >corrupted. I remember others on this forum having problems > >with Norton. Is there an antivirus program that doesn't cause > >problems with Protel 99SE SP6? > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Steve Smith, C.I.D. > >> Product Engineer > >> > >> Staco Energy Products Co. > >> Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com > >> & www.stacopower.com > >> > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
