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date: 2014-10-21 22:27:00
subject: Re: Problems with new Kap

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carrots  wrote:
>
> In article 
> FredW  wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:59:31 -0400, Wolf K  wrote:
> > >On 2014-10-21 11:45 AM, carrots wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Glad you were able to back-date, but I note that
> > >>> a) your problems are caused by software that's hasn't been supported
for
> > >>> many, many years; and
> > >>
> > >> You have me confused.  Which software is that?
> > >
> > >Agent is now at version 8. Version 1.9x is an antique; should be in a
> > >museum. ;-). I'm not surprised that it didn't play nice with Kapersky
2015.
> >
> >
> > Many, many thousands and thousands of users prefer older versions of
> > Forte Agent to which they are accustomed.
>
> Absolutely correct. I have Agent 6, too. It's absolutely ridiculous
> the hoops Forte asked their users to learn to jump through with that
> damn thing.
>
> Agent 1.9 makes no registry entries. You can move it from directory to
> directory, disk to disk, just inform it in the Menu system where to
> Save or Launch a file from. Simple as Simon. How Kaspersky could have
> their 2015 version in any way conflict with something so simple is a
> bad mark against their AV.
>
> I got no alerts from Kaspersky about Agent. It just seemingly bumps
> heads with it at some point. When it comes down to choosing between
> Agent or another piece of conflicting software, I'll keep Agent every
> time. There are many AVs, but only one Agent. It's one of the last of
> SIMPLE. I sincerely believe in the KISS rule: KeepItSimpleStupid.
>
>
> > Usually those older versions of Agent are used for many years without
> > any (false) positive.
>
> As I said, I never had any alert. I even put into the ignore/exclusion
> menu. It did no good.
>
> > When suddenly after so many years your antivirus program gives a
> > warning, just put the Agent folder in exclusions.
>
> No way!  I'll change AVs.
>

Sorry, I misread that the first time around.  As I said, I tried that 
and it didn't work.

snipped

> >
> > --
> > Fred W. (NL)





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