> >Anti virus software? Was McAfee or Norton (but esp. McAfee) running while > >setup.exe was executed? > > > >I *always* disable McAfee before running setup. Every time I forget, I > >get a bluescreen. Minidump analysis shows that the fault is in fact > >McAfee -- which runs in kernel mode -- and not setup. > > I use Norton AntiVirus (2002) and I *never* enable automatic / background > scanning. I always stick to manual scanning. Mostly I apply it to email > attachments and occasionally to file downloads when I don't know or trust > the source. >
I second that emotion 100%. Email scanning: great. Manual scanning: fine, but start it just before you leave for the weekend, and hope it's finished by Monday. Automatic scanning: prepare to lose data, in addition to magically converting your 3GHz P4 into a 386SuX. Norton, McAffe, they're all just as bad. If one insists on having the autoshredding er I mean autoscanning on, make *absolutely* sure your scanner package as up-to-date as possible. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
