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Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X

From "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X
Date 2012-04-08 11:49 +0000
Organization MGT Consulting
Message-ID <slrnjo2uj7.tiv.gsm@cable.mendelson.com> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <jll88v$8kk$1@reader1.panix.com> <1ki4xkt.m6xp7c1dcvgfpN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <dI-dnYuJ1OPNGh3SnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@giganews.com> <1ki87v6.rdrwbpv3rdt6N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <0r6859-fm1.ln1@news.sture.ch>

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Paul Sture wrote:

> Startup is a particular pain.  Since I installed F-Secure on my XP system 
> (free from my ISP so why not?), it takes so long to get to the point 
> where the system is usable that I'll do something which involves walking 
> away from my desk like grabbing a cup of coffee.

That's a configuration option. The default is to a scan of the registry,
boot blocks, windows and program files directories and probably a few more
at startup.

You can just turn it off, and boot will go back to normal.

As for F-Secure, I don't know much about it, but every time someone brings
me a computer to look at, I run the standalone bootable AVG and it finds
infected files the others have missed.

On friends computers, I ask first and then uninstall their old antivirus
and install the free AVG, on random computers brought to me by friend's
of friends I don't. 

Geoff.

-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM
My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(

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Decent AV for Mac OS X *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 18:46 -0400
  Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-05 15:58 -0700
    Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2012-04-05 23:01 +0000
      Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-06 11:42 +1200
        Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-04-06 08:41 -0400
          Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-07 10:30 +1200
            Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-06 23:48 +0000
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-07 12:46 +1200
            Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-07 12:28 +1200
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-07 11:55 +0200
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-07 08:28 -0700
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2012-04-07 17:09 +0000
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-07 14:19 -0400
      Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-06 14:58 +1200
        Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-05 23:46 -0400
          Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-06 00:10 -0400
        Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-07 14:28 -0400
          Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-08 09:46 +1200
            Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-07 18:33 -0400
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-08 12:51 +0200
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-08 06:41 -0700
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-08 14:00 -0400
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-09 08:35 +0200
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-08 14:17 -0400
            Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-04-08 10:34 +1200
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-07 19:08 -0400
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X PhillipJones <pjones1@kimbanet.com> - 2012-04-07 22:11 -0400
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-09 08:57 +0200
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-09 08:23 -0700
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-10 09:30 +0200
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-11 09:22 +1200
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-11 10:03 +1200
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-11 08:16 +1000
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-04-11 13:18 +1200
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-11 12:24 +1000
            Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-08 12:45 +0200
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2012-04-08 11:49 +0000
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-09 11:36 +1200
            Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-08 13:53 -0400
              Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-08 14:02 -0400
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-08 14:19 -0400
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-04-08 14:50 -0400
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Steve Thompson <smt@vgersoft.com> - 2012-04-08 14:59 -0400
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-08 15:18 -0400
                Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-09 09:02 +0200
  Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-05 19:56 -0400
  Re: Decent AV for Mac OS X "Mr. Strat" <rag@nospam.techline.com> - 2012-04-06 09:58 -0700

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