[jason]

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:59:08 -0700 "Here In Oregon"
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"geoff" wrote in message

AV on a DAW ! Used to be a fatal combination - presumably this hasn't
changed.

Yes and no respectively.

I have been building custom high-performance computers since the mid
nineties with the most powerful componentry available at the time, so take
this with a grain of salt.

I am a power user and my DAW *never* crashes and I use it for everything
even at the same time I am recording and mixing.

I have used many anti-virus programs over the years and nothing has been
better than the *free* Microsoft Security Essentials. It runs in the
background, eats hardly any resources and just does what it is supposed to
do.

Think about it. Microsoft had one big serious flaw in its operating system
and that was its vulnerability with viruses, Trojans, malware, spyware,
etc., and just hackers in general. There are so many more users on the
Windows platform than Apple's Macintosh that many of these deviants want to
just wreck havoc on the most people they can.

Macs were safer from attack pure and simple. Today there is very little
difference between a Window's computer and a Mac except for the operating
system. Apple wants to focus on *istuff* anyway. Pro Tools and Digital
Performer even now work on a PC and IMHO there is no reason to buy a Mac
computer unless you just want to spend a lot more money and have limited
hardware choices.

Microsoft knew they needed to build something like MSE. We use their
operating systems for crying out loud so why do we discount them not knowing
their own code better than these other AV competitors who I believe
propagate a lot of this virus stuff.

"Most of the current anti-virus software programs out there are now just
viruses unto themselves."

HIO

+1 ...and may the Android folks come to the same realization and act
accordingly