Virex: Anybody Else have this issue?

mowogg · Sep 7, 2004, 12:16 PM

I found that recently when playing Call of Duty or MoHAA Breakthrough, the games would stutter and be herky-jerky. It was both online and single player, so I ruled out any network issues.
I ran Activity Monitor and found that Virex was running a bacxkground scanning app. I had recently upgraded to Virex 7.5 (a perk of dot-mac) and was unaware that it had this activated by default. Once I turned off the background scan, everything worked fine.
I'm on a 1.8 single G5 with a gig of ram so both games run fantastic. If anybody else is experiencing issues with games, or other apps, running funky after ugrading to Virex, you might find this useful.

stoid · Sep 7, 2004, 12:19 PM

I heard that Apple pulled the 7.5 updater. Maybe it's more sinister than you think.

kirk26 · Sep 7, 2004, 01:16 PM

I have the stand alone version from NAI(using my company's grant number) and have not had an issue with games or anything else.

mowogg · Sep 7, 2004, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stoid

I heard that Apple pulled the 7.5 updater. Maybe it's more sinister than you think.

That may be the case. Perhaps I'll down-grade back to 7.2.1. Just how necessary is it to have the latest and greatest anti-virus software on a Mac as long as I keep the def files upgraded.

Thanks for the input!

applekid · Sep 7, 2004, 05:25 PM

Virii on the Mac. Puh. Now that's funny! lol.

Sep 7, 2004, 12:16 PM	#1
mowogg macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Gabriel, CA	Virex: Anybody Else have this issue? I found that recently when playing Call of Duty or MoHAA Breakthrough, the games would stutter and be herky-jerky. It was both online and single player, so I ruled out any network issues. I ran Activity Monitor and found that Virex was running a bacxkground scanning app. I had recently upgraded to Virex 7.5 (a perk of dot-mac) and was unaware that it had this activated by default. Once I turned off the background scan, everything worked fine. I'm on a 1.8 single G5 with a gig of ram so both games run fantastic. If anybody else is experiencing issues with games, or other apps, running funky after ugrading to Virex, you might find this useful. __________________ G5 1.8 Single, 2 Gigs RAM, 20" Cinema Display 1Ghz 12" iBook, AirPort Extreme 5G 30 Gig iPodAV, 40 Gig AppleTV

Sep 7, 2004, 12:19 PM	#2
stoid macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: So long, and thanks for all the fish!	I heard that Apple pulled the 7.5 updater. Maybe it's more sinister than you think. __________________ Get Salted!

Sep 7, 2004, 01:16 PM	#3
kirk26 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2003	I have the stand alone version from NAI(using my company's grant number) and have not had an issue with games or anything else. __________________ 400Mhz Blue iMac running 10.4 server

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Sep 7, 2004, 05:25 PM	#5
applekid macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On this chair	Virii on the Mac. Puh. Now that's funny! lol.