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Thread dbisam 3.30 vs Mcafee anti-virus
Thu, Mar 23 2006 9:39 PMPermanent Link

Jaweed Saleem
Hi,

We've just recently had a customer who was running mcafee anti-virus on
their server (which is also running the dbisam server). The problem is
that the mcafee anti-virus was stopping the .dat file creation in the
temp directory. It was really sporadic and didn't make much sense, with
mcafee resident scan disabled, it wouldn't allow ANY dat files to be
created, however once it was enabled, then it would allow a certain
number of files before stopping dat file creation. bizarre. Just
wondering if anyone else has encountered this before.

At any rate, I uninstalled mcafee completely and now dbisam works fine.
My question really is, what is the best strategy for having an
anti-virus checker on the same server as dbisam? What would everyone
recommend as the virus checker?

Thanks in advance
Thu, Mar 23 2006 10:53 PMPermanent Link

"GregF"

"Jaweed Saleem" <jaweedxp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:0075C6EE-D27C-4D8B-BD03-C9B0CBEB1AD7@news.elevatesoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> We've just recently had a customer who was running mcafee anti-virus on their server (which is also running the dbisam server).
> The problem is that the mcafee anti-virus was stopping the .dat file creation in the temp directory. It was really sporadic and
> didn't make much sense, with mcafee resident scan disabled, it wouldn't allow ANY dat files to be created, however once it was
> enabled, then it would allow a certain number of files before stopping dat file creation. bizarre. Just wondering if anyone else
> has encountered this before.
>
> At any rate, I uninstalled mcafee completely and now dbisam works fine. My question really is, what is the best strategy for
> having an anti-virus checker on the same server as dbisam? What would everyone recommend as the virus checker?
>
> Thanks in advance

AVG is the unbdoubted champion
I run a small PC shop and I am continually
having to fix machines that have Nortons
(I don't see McAfee that match actually)
and I 100% back AVG

you can download a free cur down or full trial at free.grisoft.com

gregF

Fri, Mar 24 2006 7:31 AMPermanent Link

"Allan Brocklehurst"
Jaweed;

Try NOD32
http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm

Allan

"Jaweed Saleem" <jaweedxp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0075C6EE-D27C-4D8B-BD03-C9B0CBEB1AD7@news.elevatesoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> We've just recently had a customer who was running mcafee anti-virus on
> their server (which is also running the dbisam server). The problem is
> that the mcafee anti-virus was stopping the .dat file creation in the
> temp directory. It was really sporadic and didn't make much sense, with
> mcafee resident scan disabled, it wouldn't allow ANY dat files to be
> created, however once it was enabled, then it would allow a certain
> number of files before stopping dat file creation. bizarre. Just
> wondering if anyone else has encountered this before.
>
> At any rate, I uninstalled mcafee completely and now dbisam works fine.
> My question really is, what is the best strategy for having an
> anti-virus checker on the same server as dbisam? What would everyone
> recommend as the virus checker?
>
> Thanks in advance

Fri, Mar 24 2006 7:50 AMPermanent Link

"Ralf Mimoun"
Jaweed Saleem wrote:
....
> At any rate, I uninstalled mcafee completely and now dbisam works
> fine. My question really is, what is the best strategy for having an
> anti-virus checker on the same server as dbisam? What would everyone
> recommend as the virus checker?

I second Allan, NOD32 is my favourite. Very reliable, very fast, and much
cheaper than Norton, McAfee etc.

Ralf
Fri, Mar 24 2006 8:08 AMPermanent Link

Dan Rootham
Jaweed,

<< What would everyone recommend as the virus checker? >>

I would second GregF and suggest AVG. It has worked very well for us,
and here is their home page:
 www.grisoft.com

HTH,
Dan
Fri, Mar 24 2006 9:21 AMPermanent Link

Sean McCall
We use NOD32 and have been very happy since dumping Norton.
Runs automatically in the background and doesn't bother you
with annoying update screens like Norton either.

Sean

Ralf Mimoun wrote:

> Jaweed Saleem wrote:
> ...
>
>> At any rate, I uninstalled mcafee completely and now dbisam works
>> fine. My question really is, what is the best strategy for having an
>> anti-virus checker on the same server as dbisam? What would everyone
>> recommend as the virus checker?
>
>
> I second Allan, NOD32 is my favourite. Very reliable, very fast, and
> much cheaper than Norton, McAfee etc.
>
> Ralf
Fri, Mar 24 2006 1:29 PMPermanent Link

"Isaacs"
Try this:

Go to virus scan console -> On Access Scanner

Select "All Processes" at your left bar and then "Detection" tab

At the "What not to scan", then click "Exclusions..."

Define the "*.dat" at the "by file type" option.

Hope it will helps...

I'm using McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0



"Jaweed Saleem" <jaweedxp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0075C6EE-D27C-4D8B-BD03-C9B0CBEB1AD7@news.elevatesoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> We've just recently had a customer who was running mcafee anti-virus on
> their server (which is also running the dbisam server). The problem is
> that the mcafee anti-virus was stopping the .dat file creation in the temp
> directory. It was really sporadic and didn't make much sense, with mcafee
> resident scan disabled, it wouldn't allow ANY dat files to be created,
> however once it was enabled, then it would allow a certain number of files
> before stopping dat file creation. bizarre. Just wondering if anyone else
> has encountered this before.
>
> At any rate, I uninstalled mcafee completely and now dbisam works fine. My
> question really is, what is the best strategy for having an anti-virus
> checker on the same server as dbisam? What would everyone recommend as the
> virus checker?
>
> Thanks in advance

Sat, Mar 25 2006 8:55 PMPermanent Link

"Ralf Bertoldi"
Jaweed Saleem wrote:

> make much sense, with mcafee resident scan disabled, it wouldn't
> allow ANY dat files to be created, however once it was enabled, then
> it would allow a certain number of files before stopping dat file
> creation. bizarre. Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this
> before.

I have seen a similiar behavior with mcafee while importing to some
tables..(a lot of querys for each insert..)
after a certain numbers of imported records we got lock errors.. after
10,115,93,194....records.. (no system in this behaviour) (was a dual
xeon, quite fast..)

we didn't searched long for "why",.. just uninstalled mcafee.
Now it's working fine... installed scanner is now NOD32.

HIH,
ralf
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