VirusBarrier Express

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VirusBarrier Express

So today I downloaded Virus Barrier Express. After downloading, my Mac became unresponsive; I began to get the spinning beach ball every time I tries to use a program/internet. At first I thought it was because it was still installing virus definitions. After those were finished, I proceeded to scan my mac, and it scanned without problem. After finishing however, my mac was still unresponsive with the spinning beach ball appearing as I tried to use a program/internet.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 12, 2011 12:12 AM

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Jeremy_11 Author

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Jan 12, 2011 12:16 AM in response to Jeremy_11

Should I trash the VirusBarrier Express?

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Jan 12, 2011 1:14 AM in response to Jeremy_11

Should I trash the VirusBarrier Express?

Yes.

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Barney-15E

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Jan 12, 2011 4:27 AM in response to Jeremy_11

As you have found out the hard way, most Anti-Virus apps are actually malware in and of themselves.
See [Thomas's Mac Virus Guide|http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/macvirus>

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Barney-15E

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Jan 12, 2011 4:39 AM in response to Barney-15E

There appears to be lots of stuff on the App Store that is also not very useful.

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thomas_r.

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Jan 12, 2011 4:44 AM in response to Barney-15E

Doesn't matter where it came from, VirusBarrier is only second to Norton in a reputation for causing problems. If you read the guide Barney referred to and still wish to have AV software, a better choice would be [ClamXav|http://www.clamxav.com> or the recent free Sophos software (which I have no experience with, but which others here say works well).

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Jeremy_11 Author

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Jan 12, 2011 12:07 PM in response to thomas_r.

Yes, it was from the app store. Everything is fine now though, I believe the problem occurred because after downloading, spotlight started indexing, which has made my mac unresponsive in the past. Thanks for all the help though.

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Jan 13, 2011 5:32 AM in response to Jeremy_11

What's the point of this anyway? No definition updates since the 28th of December, that's over two weeks. It doesn't spur confidence. I don't know where they're cutting corners in the free version of the program for something at full price they charge $50, but you'd hope it's not definitions. Waste of memory if you ask me.

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Jan 20, 2011 6:27 AM in response to Jeremy_11

I don't see how that could be a problem with VirusBarrier Express. It has no real-time scanner, so once you quit the program, it's not doing anything. It's only got a manual scanner.

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Feb 9, 2011 7:41 AM in response to Kirk McElhearn

VirusBarrier Express, while free, does not offer current protection in it's updates.
You can see this in the readme file, under updating defs
http://www.intego.com/manuals/en/vbe/virusbarrier-express-user-manual.html

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Answer 10

Feb 3, 2012 12:40 PM in response to Jeremy_11

Yes.

I am using Clamxav and it identified 2 malware that Virus Barrier did not find "JS.Obfus-48" and ""Heuristic.Phishing.email.SpoofedDomain" The only problem is I cannot find out the function of these two malware.

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Feb 4, 2012 5:47 PM in response to macfrombrampton

I would ask on the ClamXav forum..

http://www.clamxav.com/

It is a great support forum for using ClamXav

There are several posters here that are also posters there..

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HACKINT0SH

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Feb 5, 2012 12:53 AM in response to powerbook1701

The only time an anti-virus application should be on an OSX machine, is if the bootcamp is active.

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Feb 5, 2012 11:26 PM in response to powerbook1701

I have asked the clamxav forum but no information yet on the identification of the functions of the malware

"JS.Obfus-48" and ""Heuristic.Phishing.email.SpoofedDomain"

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Feb 8, 2012 8:54 PM in response to HACKINT0SH

You should speak to Apple to have them remove the 9 Virus applications from the App Store.

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Answer 15

Apr 21, 2014 10:15 AM in response to Jeremy_11

got the same problem.my mac mini was totally bloced searchung for??? i even could not open the finder. Probably the problem was enhanced making a complete scan. but i am not so shure about mit as the slow down did not come up imediadetly. only after the virus barrier was removed, i could again use my mac mini

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