Public bug reported:
Hello all,
I have downloaded and installed AVG Antivirus for Linux. I type:
sudo avgupdate
sudo avgscan /
AVG starts to scan my filesystem, reporting filenames as it goes.
Sometime during the scan, perhaps 15 or 45 minutes in, my computer
suddenly dies. The screen goes black, hard disks and fans stop
spinning, lights turn off. There's no warning whatsoever, no nice
system shutdown, etc.
I have a Macbook2,1 with 1 Gig RAM and plenty of hard disk space,
running on an ext3 partition. Intel Core 2 Duo, 64 bit 9.04 distro, CD
ROM drive with no disc in and no other drives mounted.
I can reproduce the crash reliably. However, it will not crash at the
same point. In fact, on one of my trials the computer crashed
immediately after AVG exited. I have proved the point by redirecting
the stdout to a file while AVG is running. AVG's output does not
produce any errors.
It is not due to the computer overheating. I have done a comprehensive
CPU burn test. My CPU fan works just fine.
I realise that this may be AVG's fault, but Ubuntu ought to capture the
fault and exit gracefully rather than just dying.
If you would like any of my system logs, or for me to do anything,
please ask.
Richard
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: antivirus halt
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AVG antivirus software causes system halt
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381888
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