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
The killer robot Jonathan <> 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
On Jul 7, 1:12 pm, Glennbo <> wrote: > The killer robot Jonathan <> 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?
The killer robot Jonathan <> 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
On 07 Jul 2010, Jonathan <> 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.
On Jul 7, 2:34 pm, Glennbo <> wrote: > The killer robot Jonathan <> 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!
On 7/7/2010 1:44 PM, Nil wrote: > On 07 Jul 2010, Jonathan<> 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.
Jonathan <> wrote in news:5dc8702c-af98-45af-8d1c- : > 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 Well, Computer Associates stuff will do that, but their latest version has become a real pig chewing up a half gig to run. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ---
I second what Glennbo said. I never went through AVG in between, but did go from McAfee to Microsoft Security Essentials and am very glad I did. It is much less intrusive. Rick -- ======================================= Rick Paul Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) Web: www.RickPaul.info MySpace: www.myspace.com/rickpaulmusic ======================================= "Jonathan" <> wrote in message news:... > On Jul 7, 1:12 pm, Glennbo <> wrote: >> The killer robot Jonathan <> 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?
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:46:35 +0000 (UTC), Bruce <> wrote: > Jonathan <> wrote in news:5dc8702c-af98-45af-8d1c- > : > > 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 > Well, Computer Associates stuff will do that, but their latest version has > become a real pig chewing up a half gig to run. > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- I used to use Zone Alarm Security Suite cos it could be set not to load on startup. What I only recently found out was it was interfering with my network when I did need to be connected. I use MSSE now. You can pause real-time protection if you want to, but I forget most of the time; so far not noticed a difference.
