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RE: cygwin/x symantec antivirus conflict
- From: "Armbrust, Daniel C." <Armbrust dot Daniel at mayo dot edu>
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:05:20 -0500
- Subject: RE: cygwin/x symantec antivirus conflict
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
I have a corporate version of 8.1.1.323, and see no slowdowns.
I didn't have to do anything special to make it work.
(Helpful post huh?)
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Jack Tanner
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 5:05 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cygwin/x symantec antivirus conflict
Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> I'll add this to the FAQ. Does Symantec Antivirus has an option to disable
> scanning for certain programs?
>
> Try adding XWin.exe to that list.
Good idea, but no dice. I added the entire c:\cygwin\ tree to the
Symantec exclusion list, but the slowdown is still there. There's also
no difference if you disable network drive scanning, or something called
Threat Tracer (the purpose of TT is "Identify the source of network
share-based virus infections on computers that are running Windows
NT/2000/XP operating systems.")
This really sucks. I don't want to run without antivirus protection, but
the delay is really irritating.
Is anybody using Symantec Antivirus and NOT seeing a delay? If so, what
version of SA are you using? I have "full version 9.0.0.1400", scan
engine 1.2.0.13.