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Slow disk while scanning

tosaja
tosaja Posts: 2 Security Scout
in Business Suite

My problem is the same as in the question:

https://community.f-secure.com/t5/Business/slow-disk-while-scanning/td-p/50403

 

The solution to that one is wrong. He did not ask about limiting CPU usage, but limiting the IO usage that the F-secure real-time scanning is taking. It renders my high-end macbook pro useless (even though 97% of CPU is idle and _no_ programs are running) while it is doing real-time scanning to an external hard drive. Is there a way to exclude the real-time scanning from scanning external hard drives?

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  • etomcat
    etomcat Posts: 1,172 Firewall Master

    Hello,

     

    > doing real-time scanning to an external hard drive.

     

    Does it make sense to run resident virus protection (real-time scanning) on an Apple Mac computer, for any drive? The OS X is essentially a BSD Unix core with fancy GUI, so infections are amazingly rare.

     

    Best regards: Tamas Feher, Hungary.

  • tosaja
    tosaja Posts: 2 Security Scout

    Well, I keep it off now. If F-secure thinks such an option is somehow necessary, they should make it also usable. Otherwise it should not be available.

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