WatchGuard Wire

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Crouching Java, Hidden Antivirus

Be mindful when your running your next Java update.

No kidding. If you don't read the “I Agree,” you will breeze right by it, and be quickly rewarded with the installation of McAfee Antivirus. So, if you're like me, and run through a Java update faster than a morning espresso, you're going to miss it.

Here's where you run into trouble. If you already have an antivirus solution installed on your system, installing another one is going to hose you. Antivirus applications are pretty much mutually exclusive--you can have one or another. You can't have both.

If you try to run more than one, its going to muck up your system's works, but good. Symptoms like your system slowing down to a crawl, error messages left, right and sideways, and sometimes turning your system into an unuseable brick because the antivirus applications are engaged in an eternal struggle of good versus evil.

Best bet? Read before you click the "I Agree."

As always, don't click "Yes" before calling DTS!

No comments: