Tim,

FYI, I've been using MacAffee for 3-4 years and I've never had any
issues with empty .BLB files or any other DBISAM data files ever.

--
Regards,
Jan Ferguson


Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:

<< I'm geting McAfee now to try it out.

Rita,

<< Give me some monry and I will tell you the fix >>

I don't know....does this transaction come with a money-back guarantee ?

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Jan,

<< FYI, I've been using MacAffee for 3-4 years and I've never had any issues
with empty .BLB files or any other DBISAM data files ever. >>

Cool.  Are you using the Internet Security Suite ?

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim,

I'm not sure if it's the Internet Suite or not. I got it years ago, as
a 30-day trial with a PC I bought, and I liked it and have renewed
since. It *IS* comprised of all their products so it is a suite of some
type but all my products are listed separately in my account. They are:

Security Center v8.0
Virus Scan v12.0
Firewall v9.0
Anti-Spam v9.0
Privacy v10.0

Obviously the Virus Scan is more important to this thread but as I
stated, I haven't ever had a problem.

--
Regards,
Jan Ferguson


Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:

<<Jan,
<<
<<<< FYI, I've been using MacAffee for 3-4 years and I've never had any
<<<<issues with empty .BLB files or any other DBISAM data files ever. >>
<<
<<Cool.  Are you using the Internet Security Suite ?
<<
<<--
<<Tim Young
<<Elevate Software
<<www.elevatesoft.com
>>

Tim

"Tim Young [Elevate Software]" <timyoung@elevatesoft.com> wrote in message
news:287BF566-7E88-4C25-9D4A-32AD83A65ED3@news.elevatesoft.com...
> Rita,
>
> << Give me some monry and I will tell you the fix >>
>
> I don't know....does this transaction come with a money-back guarantee ?
>
>

Dont be silly you click on terms and what you purchase still belongs
to me, and if you are really lucky you will even get a nice blue screen
(remember them ?) for free, so dont go crying to me I sold you a broken
fix.
So just get ten grand in the post and non of them worthless US dollars
I want Sterling or Euros at least.  Oh! by the way dont forget your PIN
number for every card u have in the house plus Sams card details.

Rita's (Lagos Registered Software)
> --
> Tim Young
> Elevate Software
> www.elevatesoft.com
>

Any chance your app never has an empty blb?

Jon

J. B. Ferguson wrote:
> Tim,
>
> I'm not sure if it's the Internet Suite or not. I got it years ago, as
> a 30-day trial with a PC I bought, and I liked it and have renewed
> since. It *IS* comprised of all their products so it is a suite of some
> type but all my products are listed separately in my account. They are:
>
> Security Center v8.0
> Virus Scan v12.0
> Firewall v9.0
> Anti-Spam v9.0
> Privacy v10.0
>
> Obviously the Virus Scan is more important to this thread but as I
> stated, I haven't ever had a problem.
>

Jon,

No...not to my knowledge.

I test my apps many different ways before I prepare them to be used or
sold (I have written several fairly extensive "pro bono" apps for
government entities.). I test them with and without data in the BLB
file. I ship them with empty data files (including empty BLB files).
While I might ship some of my apps with some lookup data, the lookup
data never includes BLOB data. Therefore no BLB files connected to the
lookup tables. Meanwhile the "main" data files are always empty (I
empty them using DBISAM's database system utility) and when I test the
installation here I have never had the problem with MacAfee AV.
Additionally I have had no complaints from any end users and I know for
certain that several of them also run MacAfee AV (although I can't tell
you which product or suite of products they run.)

I just checked some of my personal applications (apps I have written
for my own personal use) and two of them currently have BLB files which
are completely empty and have been for months. MacAfee has not done
anything to them and I run an AV scan every night during my sleeping
hours.

Additionally, the Comcast cable companies here in South Florida (USA)
offer free MacAfee AV and Anti-Spam software if you have an Internet
account with them. I have at least 20 end-users in my immediate area
who use the free MacAfee AV software and also run at least one of my
apps. The installation did install blank BLB files and none of them
ever had issues with them being deleted or otherwise altered. I don't
which version of MacAfee (I think it's the latest previous version)
that Comcast offers since I have a paid subscription.

That's the best I can offer regarding my experiences with MacAfee.
They're pretty big down here in South Florida.

--
Regards,
Jan Ferguson


Jon Lloyd Duerdoth wrote:

<<Any chance your app never has an empty blb?
<<
<<Jon
<<
<<J. B. Ferguson wrote:
<<<<Tim,
<<<<
<<<<I'm not sure if it's the Internet Suite or not. I got it years ago,
<<<<as a 30-day trial with a PC I bought, and I liked it and have
<<<<renewed since. It IS comprised of all their products so it is a
<<<<suite of some type but all my products are listed separately in my
<<<<account. They are:
<<<<
<<<<Security Center v8.0
<<<<Virus Scan v12.0
<<<<Firewall v9.0
<<<<Anti-Spam v9.0
<<<<Privacy v10.0
<<<<
<<<<Obviously the Virus Scan is more important to this thread but as I
<<<<stated, I haven't ever had a problem.
<<<<
>>

Jon

Thanks for the feedback... my app has very few blb's and they are always
populated by default so I thought that might have been the difference.

Jon

J. B. Ferguson wrote:
> Jon,
>
> No...not to my knowledge.
>
> I test my apps many different ways before I prepare them to be used or
> sold (I have written several fairly extensive "pro bono" apps for
> government entities.). I test them with and without data in the BLB
> file. I ship them with empty data files (including empty BLB files).
> While I might ship some of my apps with some lookup data, the lookup
> data never includes BLOB data. Therefore no BLB files connected to the
> lookup tables. Meanwhile the "main" data files are always empty (I
> empty them using DBISAM's database system utility) and when I test the
> installation here I have never had the problem with MacAfee AV.
> Additionally I have had no complaints from any end users and I know for
> certain that several of them also run MacAfee AV (although I can't tell
> you which product or suite of products they run.)
>
> I just checked some of my personal applications (apps I have written
> for my own personal use) and two of them currently have BLB files which
> are completely empty and have been for months. MacAfee has not done
> anything to them and I run an AV scan every night during my sleeping
> hours.
>
> Additionally, the Comcast cable companies here in South Florida (USA)
> offer free MacAfee AV and Anti-Spam software if you have an Internet
> account with them. I have at least 20 end-users in my immediate area
> who use the free MacAfee AV software and also run at least one of my
> apps. The installation did install blank BLB files and none of them
> ever had issues with them being deleted or otherwise altered. I don't
> which version of MacAfee (I think it's the latest previous version)
> that Comcast offers since I have a paid subscription.
>
> That's the best I can offer regarding my experiences with MacAfee.
> They're pretty big down here in South Florida.
>

Tim,


> I will let everyone know how things progress on this front.  In the
> meantime, if you do experience this issue, please let us know so that we
> can figure out which anti-spyware software is responsible.

It looks like the anti-spyware portion of the Telus Internet Security
package is also deleting the empty blob files.  I had a customer run the
anti-spyware portion of Telus for the first time last night before shutting
down and going home, and this morning all of his empty blob files were
missing.

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Terry,

<< It looks like the anti-spyware portion of the Telus Internet Security
package is also deleting the empty blob files.  I had a customer run the
anti-spyware portion of Telus for the first time last night before shutting
down and going home, and this morning all of his empty blob files were
missing. >>

Thanks, I will look into this further.  I haven't heard anything from our
lawyer yet regarding this issue, but hopefully we will hear something
shortly.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com