Macafee Virex
Tony Lawrence
It works fine from the command line, but whenever I run the graphical
version it runs a bit and then stops responding.
Just wondering if anyone has experience with this before I start digging
into it.
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Steve Maser
<to...@pcunix.com> wrote:
> I put this on this Ibook just today. I did download the update also.
> It works fine from the command line, but whenever I run the graphical
> version it runs a bit and then stops responding.
>
> Just wondering if anyone has experience with this before I start digging
> into it.
which version? 7.0? Or 7.1?
7.1 seems to work OK (this is only available from mac.com)
7.0 is what "enterprises" are forced to live with. NAI *does* have a
"hotfix" for 7.0, but you have to ask for it.
That resolves the locking up of Virex under Jaguar...
- Steve
Tony Lawrence
> In article <LGbX9.769690$WL3.761047@rwcrnsc54>, Tony Lawrence
> <to...@pcunix.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I put this on this Ibook just today. I did download the update also.
>>It works fine from the command line, but whenever I run the graphical
>>version it runs a bit and then stops responding.
>>
>>Just wondering if anyone has experience with this before I start digging
>>into it.
>
>
>
> which version? 7.0? Or 7.1?
>
> 7.1 seems to work OK (this is only available from mac.com)
No, I bought it from McAfee.
>
> 7.0 is what "enterprises" are forced to live with. NAI *does* have a
> "hotfix" for 7.0, but you have to ask for it.
>
> That resolves the locking up of Virex under Jaguar...
That's probably what I'm looking for, thanks. I'll cruise their site
more carefully.
Christopher W Aiken
> Steve Maser wrote:
>> In article <LGbX9.769690$WL3.761047@rwcrnsc54>, Tony Lawrence
>> <to...@pcunix.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I put this on this Ibook just today. I did download the update also.
>>>It works fine from the command line, but whenever I run the graphical
>>>version it runs a bit and then stops responding.
>>>
>>>Just wondering if anyone has experience with this before I start digging
>>>into it.
>>
>>
>>
>> which version? 7.0? Or 7.1?
>>
>> 7.1 seems to work OK (this is only available from mac.com)
>
> No, I bought it from McAfee.
>
>>
>> 7.0 is what "enterprises" are forced to live with. NAI *does* have a
>> "hotfix" for 7.0, but you have to ask for it.
>>
>> That resolves the locking up of Virex under Jaguar...
>
> That's probably what I'm looking for, thanks. I'll cruise their site
> more carefully.
>
>
Don't waste your time trying to get Virex 7.1 to work. It just doesn't
work and NAI/McAfee don't care. They have your $$$. They indicate there
is a "hotfix" to correct the problem, but from what I could find out
you have to "pay for support" to get the hotfix. You/I are not alone
with this problem.
See: http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php and pick on the Virex link.
I purchased Virex 7.1 from NAI/McAfee, got my grant number, but can not get
the "fixes/patches" because I didn't "pay for support". I told them that I
didn't want support. What I wanted was a product that worked. No help at
all. In fact, I couldn't even "talk" to them on the "phone" about the
problem because I didn't "pay for support".... I was finally able to get
a refund through, what they called, their e-Store. Then they told me to
go to Apple and pay for something called .MAC just to get Virex.
Needless to say I have black listed McAfee and went with Nortons Internet
Security. If comes with a Firewall and Norton's Anti Virus. Been running
both for months now with no problems at all (iMac G4, OS X 10.2.3).
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Tony Lawrence
> In article <RChX9.774116$WL3.765229@rwcrnsc54>, Tony Lawrence wrote:
>
>>Steve Maser wrote:
>>
>>>In article <LGbX9.769690$WL3.761047@rwcrnsc54>, Tony Lawrence
>>><to...@pcunix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I put this on this Ibook just today. I did download the update also.
>>>>It works fine from the command line, but whenever I run the graphical
>>>>version it runs a bit and then stops responding.
>>>>
>>>>Just wondering if anyone has experience with this before I start digging
>>>>into it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>which version? 7.0? Or 7.1?
>>>
>>>7.1 seems to work OK (this is only available from mac.com)
>>
>>No, I bought it from McAfee.
>>
>>
>>>7.0 is what "enterprises" are forced to live with. NAI *does* have a
>>>"hotfix" for 7.0, but you have to ask for it.
>>>
>>>That resolves the locking up of Virex under Jaguar...
>>
>>That's probably what I'm looking for, thanks. I'll cruise their site
>>more carefully.
>>
>>
>
>
> Don't waste your time trying to get Virex 7.1 to work. It just doesn't
> work and NAI/McAfee don't care. They have your $$$. They indicate there
> is a "hotfix" to correct the problem, but from what I could find out
> you have to "pay for support" to get the hotfix. You/I are not alone
> with this problem.
Right. I found that out last night. The dirty SOB's advertise a
product that doesn't work and then want to extort more money to get the
fix. They ought to be sued.
>
> See: http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php and pick on the Virex link.
>
> I purchased Virex 7.1 from NAI/McAfee, got my grant number, but can not get
> the "fixes/patches" because I didn't "pay for support". I told them that I
> didn't want support. What I wanted was a product that worked. No help at
> all. In fact, I couldn't even "talk" to them on the "phone" about the
> problem because I didn't "pay for support".... I was finally able to get
> a refund through, what they called, their e-Store. Then they told me to
> go to Apple and pay for something called .MAC just to get Virex.
>
> Needless to say I have black listed McAfee and went with Nortons Internet
> Security. If comes with a Firewall and Norton's Anti Virus. Been running
> both for months now with no problems at all (iMac G4, OS X 10.2.3).
>
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