Support Forums: Message List - You Are Not Special: You Don't Have the Right Turn Off Your Anti-Virus http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:31:29 -0400 If I turn off my PC I would be very safe http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 Crapy Antivirus and company policy take 95% of my CPU for 3-4 hours/day. So yes I will turn it off because I cannot work with 5% CPU!

 

 

]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:24:52 -0400 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:24:52 -0400 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:24:52 -0400 Jul 11, 2011 Alexius Diakogiannis 0 Opt out http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 Attitudes like this is why I opt out of anything distributed, recommended, and supported by IT if possible.  Doesn't matter what company I worked at in my 20 year career, anything touched by IT turns to...]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:03:31 -0400 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:03:31 -0400 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:03:31 -0400 Jul 1, 2011 Bill Burke 0 Opt out http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 Attitudes like this is why I opt out of anything distributed, recommended, and supported by IT if possible.  Doesn't matter what company I worked at in my 20 year career, anything touched by IT turns to...]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:02:49 -0400 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:02:49 -0400 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:02:49 -0400 Jul 1, 2011 Bill Burke 0 Moronic Suggestions http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 I've a moronic suggestion ... why not configure your site so that the heading categories are meaningful ... and don't contain particular bits of software but instead software types. Then a further moronic suggestion, fix the search so it actually...]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:38:58 -0400 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:38:58 -0400 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:38:58 -0400 Jun 30, 2011 neilstockton 0 Oddly enough http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 It is "funny" how many people how many people at work have virus protection on and don't have admin rights and still get viruses. From what i can tell, this is pretty common.

]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:02:55 -0400 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:02:55 -0400 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:02:55 -0400 Jun 30, 2011 Mark N 0 My Style... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 Is someone imitating my writing style? What is it they say about imitation and flattery. :)

...]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:04:21 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:04:21 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:04:21 -0400 Jun 28, 2011 Cameron McKenzie 0 Eclipse + Virus checkers = bad times http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 This article is moronic as the author obviously didn't check to see if there are very good reasons for disabling virus checkers nor that disabling the virus checkers actually is the biggest performance boost that a development box can get.

...]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:59:25 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:59:25 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:59:25 -0400 Jun 28, 2011 Chris Ainsley 2 Run Linux http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 Yes, run Linux and you will see Eclipse work faster - so you do too.

 

]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:06:46 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:06:46 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:06:46 -0400 Jun 28, 2011 Yves Martin 0 You Are Not Special: You Don't Have the Right Turn Off Your Anti-Virus http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 There is a quick set of tips for improving the performance of the Eclipse IDE that is making the rounds, and it starts off with the moronic suggestion of disabling your...]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:43:22 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:09:57 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:43:22 -0400 Jun 28, 2011 Cameron McKenzie 19 why shouldn't I http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 Disabling antivirus *can* speed some things.

...]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:02:09 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:02:09 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:02:09 -0400 Jun 28, 2011 Yannick Majoros 0 You Are Not Special: You Don't Have the Right Turn Off Your Anti-Virus http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 I have to disagree with you. Option 1(disabling anit virus) and in some cases 2(disabling validation) have considerably made my machine faster. That was before I convinced my employer to switch to a Mac. Now I no longer have to deal with option 1....]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:42:52 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:42:52 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:42:52 -0400 Jun 27, 2011 Vik G 0 Depends on the anti-virus software http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 Tip 1 is appropriate for a certain type of anti-virus scan, often found in corporate products, such as McAfee. The scan is called "On access scan". The settings the IT department at my company enforce is "On access scan - read file" and "On access...]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:51:12 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:51:12 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:51:12 -0400 Jun 27, 2011 Michael Russell 0 Fix the root cause of the problem http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 Just use Linux for development machines, in case you're not developing .NET, of course :-)

And feel free from using those crapware (antivirus)

]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:18:52 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:18:52 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:18:52 -0400 Jun 27, 2011 Luis Fernando Planella Gonzalez 0 ?? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 If the company IT didn't disallow you to change antivirus settings on your workstation, that means that you have absolute right to do so if you think it will help you.

It's not like you hacked the provided workstation to do so.

]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:15:19 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:15:19 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:15:19 -0400 Jun 27, 2011 Undisclosed Undisclosed 0 my current most un-favorite http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62562 I will name one - Microsoft's. Brings back the "good ol days" when compiling meant you could go to lunch or whatever cause you werent' doing anything for a while. And it is such a memory hog.

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