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-- Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: [email protected] W: www.philward.biz W: www.myspace.com/philwardmusic • Freelance writer and product designer. • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. • Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. • Regular contributor to Sound on Sound and Performing Musician magazines. On 3 Dec 2010, at 09:18, David Ransom wrote: > Rapport has now been uninstalled. Just thought people would like to see the > message I got (check the spelling!). > > 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]. > >>> 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. > >> > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > <Screen shot 2010-12-03 at 09.17.16.png> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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