[X4U] VShieldCheck

[Robert Ameeti]

>Well, a bit more digging and I found the answer - even though I 
>thought I had disabled Virex after upgrading to Tiger, there were 
>still some bits hanging around. I found the uninstall script on the 
>original dmg file and managed to get rid of it.
>
>In case anyone else is experiencing this, here's a link to some more 
>detailed info on what you need to get rid of to fully uninstall 
>Virex.



This could be a worthy lesson for all that promote using the 'best' 
virus protection products on Mac OS X.  There time just hasn't come 
yet.



>http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=224892
>
>Scott



>On May 1, 2005, at 3:03 PM, Scott McCulloch wrote:
>
>>I was just in the process of doing some "house cleaning" - getting 
>>rid of a lot of demo apps and stuff that I never ended up using, 
>>and had occasion to use Activity Monitor to quit a couple of 
>>daemons so that I could empty the Trash. I noticed that there's 
>>something called VShieldCheck running as root that's being reported 
>>as using over 90% of my CPU!
>>
>>Anyone know what this is? And if it's normal to be using up that much CPU?

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Robert Ameeti

Terribly pleased
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