Which antivirus program to install on my DAW?
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From: Jonathan on 7 Jul 2010 13:00 I have a DAW running Sonar Producer 8.5, and I'd like to install an effective antivirus application that can be disabled and re-enabled quickly, so I can easily disable it while I'm running Sonar, but turn it back on when I'm doing other things on the computer (like connecting to the internet). Any recommendations? Thanks, Jonathan
From: Jonathan on 7 Jul 2010 14:30 On Jul 7, 1:12 pm, Glennbo <vdrumsYourHeadFromYour...(a)cox.net> wrote: > The killer robot Jonathan <gosto.do.vio...(a)gmail.com> grabbed the controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > > I have a DAW running Sonar Producer 8.5, and I'd like to install an > > effective antivirus application that can be disabled and re-enabled > > quickly, so I can easily disable it while I'm running Sonar, but turn > > it back on when I'm doing other things on the computer (like > > connecting to the internet). > > > Any recommendations? > > I'm using Microsoft's Security Essentials, but I never disable it. > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms Wow...it appears to be free. What's the catch? :) Do you think it's a viable replacement for McAffee?
From: Nil on 7 Jul 2010 14:44 On 07 Jul 2010, Jonathan <gosto.do.violao(a)gmail.com> wrote in cakewalk.audio: > I have a DAW running Sonar Producer 8.5, and I'd like to install an > effective antivirus application that can be disabled and re-enabled > quickly, so I can easily disable it while I'm running Sonar, but turn > it back on when I'm doing other things on the computer (like > connecting to the internet). > > Any recommendations? I've been using the free version of Avira Antivir for the past year or so. It seems quite light on system resource usage compared to most of the other ones I've tried. It is easy to temporarily disable, just right-click on the system tray icon. The one thing that might be a problem is that it pops up an ad banner every time it retrieves its virus definition updates. I have that set to do it automatically once per day, but you can change that interval or even disable the auto updates entirely and do them manually.
From: Jonathan on 7 Jul 2010 16:37 On Jul 7, 2:34 pm, Glennbo <vdrumsYourHeadFromYour...(a)cox.net> wrote: > The killer robot Jonathan <gosto.do.vio...(a)gmail.com> grabbed the controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > >> > I have a DAW running Sonar Producer 8.5, and I'd like to install an > >> > effective antivirus application that can be disabled and re-enabled > >> > quickly, so I can easily disable it while I'm running Sonar, but turn > >> > it back on when I'm doing other things on the computer (like > >> > connecting to the internet). > > >> > Any recommendations? > > >> I'm using Microsoft's Security Essentials, but I never disable it. > > Wow...it appears to be free. What's the catch? :) > > Do you think it's a viable replacement for McAffee? > > I used to use McAffee, but it got to be too invasive for me, and I switched > to AVG free. In the last year or so, AVG free has gotten almost as > invasive as McAffee, so I dumped it and switched to Security Essentials, > which is less invasive and has a smaller footprint than these security apps > that want to be in control of every aspect of your computer. > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms Thanks for the tip. I'm gonna try it!
From: kitekrazy on 7 Jul 2010 18:52
On 7/7/2010 1:44 PM, Nil wrote: > On 07 Jul 2010, Jonathan<gosto.do.violao(a)gmail.com> wrote in > cakewalk.audio: > >> I have a DAW running Sonar Producer 8.5, and I'd like to install an >> effective antivirus application that can be disabled and re-enabled >> quickly, so I can easily disable it while I'm running Sonar, but turn >> it back on when I'm doing other things on the computer (like >> connecting to the internet). >> >> Any recommendations? > > I've been using the free version of Avira Antivir for the past year or > so. It seems quite light on system resource usage compared to most of > the other ones I've tried. It is easy to temporarily disable, just > right-click on the system tray icon. The one thing that might be a > problem is that it pops up an ad banner every time it retrieves its > virus definition updates. I have that set to do it automatically once > per day, but you can change that interval or even disable the auto > updates entirely and do them manually. I'm not using any on my DAWs. I go to Trend's site once a week and do an online scan. I use MSE on the other systems. You hardly know it's there. |