[Ham-Mac] anti virus software

[Walter O'Brien, W2WJO]

My 2 cents, I hear nothing but trouble the last few years with Norton
Utilities or NUM.. And it has crashed too many of my otherwise ok disks to
ever be used around here again. Careful of Norton, sorry to say.

73 Walter W2WJO


> From: harris ruben <formsmaven at comcast.net>
> Reply-To: Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications
> <ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:01:03 -0500
> To: Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications
> <ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] anti virus software
> 
> Assuming you're running OS X:
> 
> TechTools 4 will do the job, but expect it to take ALL night. I would
> guess that DiskWarrior will also do the job. YOu could even try that
> old standby, NUM. No matter what, you'll have to boot from the CD. If
> you buy TT4, you can install it in a partition (it's designed to do
> that) and boot from the partition.  Sounds like you're pretty full
> up, buddy. Time for a new HD or maybe just a FireWire drive to keep
> some of that stuff on.
> 
> Last time I ran TT4, it hung up on something, and I had to click the
> screen to get it running again. So if you go to sleep while it's
> running, You should get up once in a while to check on it.
> 
> Apple Care comes with a TT disk as part of the package.
> 
> Oh yeah -- FIRST you should go into Applications>Utilities>Disk
> Utility >First Aid, and repair permissions.
> 
> You should also download a copy of MacJanitor and run the three
> options to fix files. I keep this freebie in the dock.
> 
> YOu can also start from the OS X system disk and run the full Disk First Aid.
> 
> These are just some suggestions. They may or may not help your particular
> case.
> N2ERN
> 
>>  Speaking of utilities... My aluminum powerbook has suddenly (over
>> maybe 4 or 5 days) gotten real s-l-o-w.  What is out there that will
>> defrag a disc like some of the OS9 utilities?  Apple claims that OS
>> X doesn't need to have it done.  I have a 60 gig drive with 15 gig
>> still open.
>> 
>> Thanks, Steve KD9BO
>> kd9bo at mac.com
>> 
> 
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