Finding virusscan log files

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Finding virusscan log files

I'm running McAfee VirusScan for Mac. Yesterday it would not update, saying "could not write to ini file". I believe there's a log file somewhere that's full, but I cannot find where it's storing the log files. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 10, 2010 4:07 PM

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Kappy

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May 10, 2010 5:47 PM in response to mccansw

There are two standard locations for log files: /Home/Library/Logs/ and /Library/Logs/. You should open the Console application in the Utilities folder to see if the log files are available there.

.ini files are not log files but rather initialization files. They may be stored elsewhere such as the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder or a folder in /Home/Library/Application Support/. Also check for a folder in /Library/Application Support/ and /Library/Preferences/.

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May 11, 2010 6:31 AM in response to Kappy

I checked all those files and couldn't find anything with a .ini or .log extension. There are pdf documents and readme texts associated with the virusscan, but nothing that looks like a log file. I'm not familiar with how to search for *.ini or *.log files.

I'm thinking maybe I just need to uninstall and reinstall the program? Appreciate your response.

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Kappy

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May 11, 2010 12:07 PM in response to mccansw

Perhaps no log file is created unless activated in a preference setting. Download the freeware Easy Find and use it to search your drive. Perhaps they are buried elsewhere.

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mccansw Author

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May 11, 2010 4:47 PM in response to Kappy

Easy Find is a great tool; thanks! Still couldn't find the files, but ended up downloading Clamxav for the moment. Really appreciate your help Friend!

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