Thanks Sam. I will hastily give Rapport the order of the boot! David
On 3 December 2010 09:11, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]>wrote: > Rapport is one of the worst security programs available. Words are not > enough to describe how shoddy it is. > > I removed it from a pc once because it was randomly resetting any cursor > position while my client was typing. It would beep, then move the cursor out > of anything he was typing, even a word document. He'd then have to click > back where he was typing and continue. > > Install it on a Mac and watch the errors flood into the console when Safari > is open. > > I would rather install Norton Utilities and have it "fix" all errors on my > system than use Rapport on any platform. > > When uninstalling it they're even so desperate as to offer a remote desktop > session to see if they can't fix their poorly written excuse for a security > program. > > I even emailed HSBC to complain about it and ask them to stop requesting I > download it every time I log into Internet banking. Their response was talk > to trusteer who make it. > > <\rant> > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 3 Dec 2010, at 08:54, Phil Tomlinson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > "Twas Sam himself that advised getting rid of Rapport on these pages some > weeks ago. I had it with NatWest for about a year and didn't suffer any very > noticeable problems, but since uninstalling it I believe everything has got > just a bit faster... > > > > Phil T > > > > > > On 3 Dec 2010, at 08:50, Chris Staples wrote: > > > >> I ran Rapport for approx. 4 hours a few months back. As my machine > fought back in a grindingly slow way I disabled it and have left it like > that ever since. I still growl every time I log in to my Alliance and > Leicester account and get invited to employ it to assist me in keeping > myself safe. > >> > >> So to sum up I would leave it alone - not sure what everyone else > thinks? > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> On 3 Dec 2010, at 08:32, David Ransom wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, I am having occasional problems (maybe once or twice a day) with > freezes on my iMac. The only way to get out of it appears to be to shut down > with the power button on the back and restart. > >>> > >>> On the worst occasions (much less often fortunately) it freezes up and > the whole screen becomes a pale grey blank! > >>> > >>> OSX 10.6.5 / iMac 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM > >>> > >>> I don't know what to do to access a "report" of what was happening at > the time of the freeze. > >>> > >>> I am running "Rapport" a free security program recommended by Santander > bank and am a bit suspicious that it may be causing the problem. > >>> > >>> The last time it happened all I was doing was scrolling through sale > items on Amazon's website and nothing else was running on the Mac that I was > aware of. Can anyone advise? > >>> > >>> Thank you. > >>> > >>> David > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
