I can't say I've seen any specific issues related to norton and Protel. However, after seeing how antivirus software (both norton and mcaffee) eats resources, I said forget it. I often use Protel for fairly complicated designs, and I can't stand the additional delays due to AV software. In addition, antivirus software, by its nature, ties itself very closely with the OS, so when it gets confused it makes all kinds of problems. Ever try uninstalling one of these completely?
Like AJ said, one doesn't need to scan the hard drive itself so long as you know or scan anything incoming. However to take this even further, I don't even have a virus scanner installed on any computer I use. Instead, for computer literate users, I recommend... 1) Run all computers behind a hardware firewall. Broadband routers are cheap, you get a 4-port switch, and they will protect you from penetrating virus' such as welchia etc. 2) Use Mozilla Firefox for browsing. There are some pages that won't work and you'll have to fail over to IE, but firefox hasn't been targetted by scum to the same extent that IE is. And to boot, you get a download manager, tabbed browsing and several other nice features. 3) Be very discriminate about what you download or run on. If I'm concerned about something I use one of the online virus scans such as Trendmicro's. Though you won't hear this recommended by many IS departments, I'm much more satisfied with this solution. In fact, I did try norton not too long ago and it only strengthened my resolve to steer well clear. Darcy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 25, 2005 6:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [PEDA] Norton Antivirus software... interfere with Protel? One thing I've noticed about the curent anti-virus paradigm is that the software is constantly scanning. Here at my workplace, our MIS department has McAfee installed, and it scans each and every file accessed at any time, along with daily scans of each and every file on my system). In other words, the program is, for all intents and purposes, constantly in the foreground, grinding away on the harddrive and eating up memory and processor power. The nuymber of page faults generated daily by this software is also quite staggering, and peak memory usage is in the neighborhood of 75-80M. You could always do what some other professionals do, and disable auto-scanning by your antiviral software. Instead of relying on the anti-viral software to manage your computer (as is the default behavior for the average-minded, stupid consumer or paranoid MIS department, desperate to avoid any contamination of networked computers due to the fact that many of those same consumers also have computers at work), perform periodic scans manually yourself. For instance, when you download a customer file, scan it. Just don't scan the entire hard drive every time you get a single new file... My two cents. Probably be ignored as another crazy Jenkinsism or re-stated by someone else here to their credit, but that's okay. At least I tried. aj >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brooks,Bill >Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:29 PM >To: 'Protel EDA Discussion List' >Subject: [PEDA] Norton Antivirus software... interfere with Protel? > >Does anyone have any data that would indicate that the slow >performance of Protel 99SE on a windows 2000 Professional >based system could be related to the Norton Antivirus program >interaction with it? > >Lately my system is really running slow... I have 99SE and DXP >2004 on my system... > >Any help much appreciated... > >Best regards, > >Bill Brooks - KG6VVP >PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+, C.I.I. >Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 Datron World >Communications, Inc. >_______________________________________ >San Diego Chapter of the IPC Designers Council Communications >Officer, Web Manager http://dcchapters.ipc.org/SanDiego/ >http://pcbwizards.com > > > >____________________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > >To Post messages: >mailto:[email protected] > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > >Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
