tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36010861684949477052011-11-27T16:08:51.739-08:00Who is Pachou? You can be sure it's not a virus...even though the name may sound like a sneeze. We are a software and web development company. Our blog will show you some of the important work we do for our clientèle. There is so much happening in the world of software and we are always learning.Pachouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990096698772631102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601086168494947705.post-14668616064204069012010-03-08T07:08:00.000-08:002010-03-08T07:23:16.743-08:002010-03-08T07:23:16.743-08:00I recently discovered a family member's computer acting sluggish. When I say sluggish, I am not referring to the kind we have in Seattle, near our office -- the banana-looking, foot-long racing slug. Nope. I mean extremely sluggish. Even moving the mouse was a laborious operation.<br /> <br /> The cause of this lethargy was hyper-anti-virus syndrome. If you are reading this blog and it took 5 minutes to get here, or you are on a friend's machine because you wanted to see something in less than an hour, you may be suffering from hyper-anti-virus syndrome.<br /> <br /> Have you ever installed one anti-virus program onto a machine that already had one? What happens is not pretty. It is a classic case of too many cops having a turf war. The one anti-virus program notices that the other anti-virus program seems to be carrying around a lot of suspicious looking things.<br /> <br /> It starts thinking, "Hey, what is that? Could be dangerous! I need to check it out. In fact, that looks a lot like a love bug virus!” Then it says to the program, “Hand it over. I can't let you continue to do what you are doing."<br /> <br /> The other anti-virus program gets similar ideas and begins to apprehend the first. While they are tussling about, totally absorbed in each other…you guessed it.<br /> <br /> Well, maybe you didn't. I bet you were thinking a real virus got in to the system and stole your credit card information. Wrong again. Your machine has been so consumed with the battle between the two anti-virus programs that not much else can happen. So you are safe when this situation happens, but very slow. <br /> <br /> Your solution is to pick one of the two anti-virus programs as a winner and uninstall the other. It might take a while to do this with your machine running so slowly...but it’s worth it.<br /> <br /> Sadly, I have some more bad news. Some anti-virus software doesn't want to be uninstalled. I suspect the authors thought that a virus might do the uninstall itself, and while this is possible, it is quite unlikely. This means you may have a hard time getting the uninstall program to work effectively. There are generally solutions posted on these company's websites…so don't give up hope.<br /> <br /> A final word of warning:&nbsp; Never run your machine without a good anti-virus software program.<br /> <br /> Btw...my family member's machine is now running pleasantly. The banana slug has met its bait.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3601086168494947705-1466861606420406901?l=pachou-dontsneezeatthis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qpYCO9I6uxoDp1mxgvlingGDuKk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qpYCO9I6uxoDp1mxgvlingGDuKk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qpYCO9I6uxoDp1mxgvlingGDuKk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qpYCO9I6uxoDp1mxgvlingGDuKk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DontSneezeAtThis/~4/H83LW7GJizg" height="1" width="1"/>Pachouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990096698772631102noreply@blogger.com0http://pachou-dontsneezeatthis.blogspot.com/2010/03/tip-dont-get-over-zealous-with-your.html