Anti-virus running and true imaging

Discussion in 'Acronis True Image Product Line' started by cityman, Sep 7, 2004.

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  1. cityman

    cityman Registered Member

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    is it advisable to have the anti-virus off while true imaging (backing up)?

    does it make a difference if it is on or offo_O o_O
     
    cityman, Sep 7, 2004
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  2. wdormann

    wdormann Registered Member

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    Zero problems here with realtime AV (NOD32) protection enabled.
     
    wdormann, Sep 7, 2004
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  3. Menorcaman

    Menorcaman Retired Moderator

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    No problem with me either using McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7 (via Security Center).

    Regards
     
    Menorcaman, Sep 7, 2004
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  4. leehigdon3

    leehigdon3 Registered Member

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    I may be more superstitious than others here, but I always disable anything regularly accessing disk, like my AV utility, AT utility and PFW.
     
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  5. wdormann

    wdormann Registered Member

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    The important thing would be to disable anything regularly writing to the disk. AV software should not fall into this category.
     
    wdormann, Sep 7, 2004
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    me75006 Registered Member

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    If you have a selection in your Motherboards BIOS for boot sector antivirus, you may need to disable it for a restore operation.
     
    me75006, Sep 7, 2004
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  7. foghorn

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    I can imagine AV software could be affected by other software reading or writing 'files', but TI works at the sector level so I would be surprised if there were AV compatibility issues.
     
    foghorn, Sep 8, 2004
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  8. Acronis Support

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    Hello --

    Sometimes there might be some issues with AV software so that it can interfere in the imaging process, though if you have no problems with creating images and your AV software enabled - there is no need to worry.

    Thank you.
     
    Acronis Support, Sep 9, 2004
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