Hi Stephen, I don't think you need to be overly concerned as you mentioned you have been using Intego Virus Barrier for some years now and never experienced any problems with it.
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 25 Feb 2014, at 1:45 am, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just had a look on the web for “Virus barrier problems”. > The only issues users seem concerned with is massive use of memory. > However my Activity Monitor shows Virus Barrier and Net Barrier together > using about 20MB. > Whereas DropBox is using about 60MB. > Even Activity Monitor was using more than Virus Barrier. > > Anyway Ronni’s comments still give me cause for concern. > >> On 24 Feb 2014, at 11:49 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> The problems I experienced (had to fix), were on clients computers that had >> installed Intego Virus Barrier software and they were: >> A) Kernel Panics >> B) The system became totally unresponsive and refused to Boot up >> C) The hard drive space was rapidly decimated by the creation of several >> thousand tiny (4KB) files spawned by Virus Barrier >> D) Virus Barrier causing SuperDuper to crash >> >> After uninstalling the Intego software on the clients computers there were >> no further problems. >> I have not had anything to do with the current versions of Intego software >> as my clients & my computers do not have this type of software installed. >> >> If people feel they need Anti-Virus software, ClamXav 2 gets some >> recommendations. >> <http://www.clamxav.com> >> >> <https://discussions.apple.com/message/24369468#24369468> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >>> On 24 Feb 2014, at 6:14 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>> I must say I have used Virus Barrier for some years now. >>> It has never caused me any issues. >>> And in fact it has warned me on a number of occasions about suspect >>> websites and about some downloads. >>> Perhaps it slows things down a little, but perhaps that is a worthwhile >>> trade off. >>> >>> Hi Ronni, >>> Are you able to be more specific about problems that it has caused ? >>> I hold any comments you make in high regard, so this concerns me somewhat. >>> >>>> On 24 Feb 2014, at 4:53 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Oh Jewels, >>>> >>>> I also wish you had learnt a lesson with MacKeeper. >>>> >>>> Firstly - what I say is 'in my opinion' and people can choose to ignore or >>>> not. >>>> Virus Barrier is not needed on a Mac and will cause 'issues', as you have >>>> found out :( >>>> >>>> Anti-virus software on OS X (in my opinion) generally is a greater cause >>>> of problems than it is for any kind of good solution. >>>> They are resource hogs & have also been known to cause corruption to the >>>> directory of the file system. >>>> >>>> To help you with your current problem Jewels, we would require more >>>> info... >>>> Also the version of OS X & the correct name & version of the Intego >>>> software you have installed. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 24 Feb 2014, at 2:54 pm, Julie Bedford <jew...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> While we are on the subject of nasty little evil programs - can anyone >>>>> tell me their opinion on Intego - Virus Barrier/Net Barrier. I >>>>> purchased a cheap deal for this program >>>>> a week or so ago and now it prevents me from opening Safari. I've >>>>> deleted the two files Virus Barrier is having a problem with, but still >>>>> unable to open Safari. >>>>> >>>>> I wish I had learnt my lesson with McKeeper and left these so called >>>>> brilliant programs alone. I am not sure now whether I have some vicious >>>>> virus or just a problem with >>>>> the Virus Barrier. It is also telling me to back up one of my extra hard >>>>> drives in the computer, saying it has problems. Have checked the >>>>> offending hard drive, but the utilities >>>>> program says all is good. >>>>> >>>>> Jewels >>>>> >>>>>> On 24/02/2014, at 10:43 AM, John Daniels wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Am I correct in remembering that Little Snitch is not recommended >>>>>> similarly to MCKeeper? >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Stephen Chape >>> >>> Mac by choice >>> Windows because my employer knew no better
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