INTEGO VIRUS PROTECTION PROBLEM

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INTEGO VIRUS PROTECTION PROBLEM

I was wondering if anyone else has problems with Intego Virus Barrier protection, it slows down my computer? I am also having problems with USB ports and plug ins like keyboard and mouse, which may be a separate problem. I keep the background virus scan disabled lately so I am wondering if I should just trash the application?

Thanks
James

Flat screen imac, 17", PowerPC G4, 80 GB,, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 768 MB SDRAM

Posted on Jan 29, 2008 9:21 AM

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Answer 1

smithrj

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Jan 29, 2008 9:35 AM in response to james.j

Yes, in my opinion. James, it's not really necessary.

1) You don't need it.
2) It causes problems.
3) Macs don't need it.
4) Save space.

Really I don't think you need protection, you see lots of minor problems on this forum, but no viruses.

Ray

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Klaus1

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Jan 29, 2008 9:40 AM in response to james.j

Whilst I broadly agree with Ray, you should have some virus protection on board, if only to prevent the spread of Windows viruses to Windows users via email etc. (There are no visuses in the wild that to date have affected Mac OS X)

For this purpose many of us use ClamXav:

http://www.clamxav.com/

which is free and does the job.

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smithrj

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Jan 29, 2008 9:47 AM in response to Klaus1

Yes Klaus1, I always forget about the possibility of sending one to a Windows user. I will remember this.

Ray

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james.j Author

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Jan 29, 2008 9:56 AM in response to Klaus1

Thanks everyone, wish I had found this forum before I bought Intego Virus Barrier. What kinds of system problems do people incur from running the AV Software such as this? I hope they are nothing permanent, do the problems go away once the software is trashed?

James

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Answer 5

Klaus1

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Jan 29, 2008 10:07 AM in response to james.j

What kinds of system problems do people incur from running the AV Software such as this?

Norton has caused problems in the past, but otherwise nothing major as far as I know.

If the Intego didn't come with an uninstaller, try one of these:

AppZapper: http://appzapper.com/

AppCleaner: http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/

Both work well.

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