DXP's new name "Altium Designer" of course. :O) Regards, Steve Smith, C.I.D. Product Engineer
Staco Energy Products Co. 301 Gaddis Boulevard. Dayton, OH 45403 Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com & www.stacopower.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Saputelli > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:02 PM > To: Protel EDA Discussion List > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Norton Antivirus software... interfere > with Protel? > > > steve > what is 'AD' ? > > ds > > ______________________________________________________________ > _________ > Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 > 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 > San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com > > > Steve Smith wrote: > > We have Computer Associates InoculateIT here and it > continually crashed Protel and corrupted my 99SE databases > to the point that I stopped using them. We switched to AD > 2004 in June and have had no problems so far. > > > > My regards, > > Steve Smith, C.I.D. > > Product Engineer > > > > Staco Energy Products Co. > > 301 Gaddis Boulevard. > > Dayton, OH 45403 > > Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com > > & www.stacopower.com > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darcy Davis > >>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:38 AM > >>To: PEDA (E-mail) > >>Subject: RE: [PEDA] Norton Antivirus software... interfere > >>with Protel? > >> > >> > >>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] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > 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]
