I have found McAfee to lock up on other software as well. I requested that various programs be quarantined. The owner had a difficult time removing McAfee as well.
I use Free AVG on WIn 98SE with OOo. Great combination. Chris > AVG works fine for me too (www.grisoft.com I think). Another free > antivirus program is Avast (but not with Windows 98, but not too many > people use Windows 98 anyway these days). > > Regards > > > Johnny > > > 2006/9/15, arnold huzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I'd say this is a perfect reason for throwing McAfee off your > > computer and replace it by one of the perfect alternatives you can > > find for free. AVG is very often recommendet to be just as good. > > I've been using it for years and it never stopped while scanning any > > file on my harddisk. > > > > If you are satisfied with OpenOffice.org and you don't want to pay > > for support on your virusscanner, then don't blaim OOo for halting > > the virusscanner. That just isn't fair! The problem lies with McAfee > > if you want a solution, look there. > > > > Arnold Huzen > > Lelystad, The Netherlands > > > > > > > > > > van: "tumaghap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > datum: 2006/09/15 Fri AM 01:15:22 CEST > > > aan: <[email protected]> > > > onderwerp: Re: [users] Anti-virus Application Stoppage > > > > > > Daniel: > > > > > > My McAfee VirusScan 7.0 Home Edition always stops and locks up in > > > the > > middle > > > of scanning OpenOffice.org. This is the reason why I contacted > > > your > > office > > > for advice on this problem because VirusScan 7.0 locks up when > > > scanning > > your > > > OpenOffice.org program only. Since OpenOffice.org is the only > > > program VirusScan has a problem with I highly suspected that the > > > problem is in > > your > > > OpenOffice.org program. With this regard your advice would be > > helpful. I > > > can't obtain help from McAfee about this issue because they have > > > no free support and their online troubleshooting application can't > > > fix this > > problem. > > > Now, does this make sense? Once again your advice on this matter > > > would > > be > > > helpful. If you can't offer a resolution to this problem I have > > > no > > choice > > > but to remove OpenOffice.org from my PC. > > > > > > Tumaghap > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]>; tumaghap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:08 PM > > > Subject: Re: [users] Anti-virus Application Stoppage > > > > > > > > > > On Tue September 12 2006 19:04, + tumaghap wrote: > > > > > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > > > > > My anti-virus application always stops in the middle of > > > > > scanning OpenOffice.org and scanning freezes or stops there > > > > > leaving my other > > > folders > > > > > and files unscanned. Please respond with an advice on how to > > resolve > > > this > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: > > > > On Tue September 12 2006 23:36, Daniel Kasak wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You're reporting a problem with your anti-virus software in > > > > > the > > wrong > > > > > place. You should tell the people who made the anti-virus > > > > > software. What's more, you haven't even told us what > > > > > anti-virus software you > > have. > > > > > > > > Please reply to [email protected] only. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > CPH : openoffice.org contributor > > > > > > > > Maybe your question has been answered already? > > > > http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > --- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
