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nadman
05-13-2009, 12:15 AM
Hi the latest version of IAV causes my system to overheat and fans to race. Please advise.
OS X 10.56
I ANTIVIRUS latest.
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nadman
05-17-2009, 05:36 PM
Is there going to be a reply or some sort of fix????
Until then I have disabled IAntivirus and if I do not hear from someone soon I will uninstall it.http://www.pctools.com/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif
RonF
05-17-2009, 08:31 PM
I have the same thing going on at random times.

I've been clicking on "Protect my Mac" in the drop down menu from the title bar icon, waiting for the processor to idle down, and then turning it back on.

Not a very glamorous way of dealing with the situation, but it works.
nadman
05-17-2009, 10:13 PM
I have just turned mine off. Period. I know this is a beta edition and free (for which I am grateful) but this problem has been going on for a long while now and the developers are not very responsive. It's a shame.:(
Support
05-18-2009, 11:15 PM
Could you please send us your mac profile to us and we will be able to take a futher look into it.

1. Open terminal (found in Applications -> Utilities)
2. Type the following:

system_profiler -detailLevel full -xml > /tmp/profile.spx [hit enter]
ps ax > /tmp/ps.txt [hit enter]
zip -9j ~/Desktop/profile.zip /tmp/profile.spx /tmp/ps.txt [hit enter]


3. Send profile.zip to us.

NOTE: This gives us the same information as available in System Profiler (Applications -> Utilities) - please have a look at what kind of information System Profiler displays about your machine, and only send us the profile.zip file if you are comfortable with giving that level of detail to us.
nadman
05-19-2009, 12:28 AM
How can I send it privately to you. I do not want anyone else to have access to my profile.

Thank you
khim
05-19-2009, 11:23 AM
How can I send it privately to you. I do not want anyone else to have access to my profile.

Thank you

PM Support. To go to PM click here (http://www.pctools.com/forum/private.php) or click Support and look down and you will see - Send a private message to Support click it. It also leads you to the PM System

Hope it helps
nadman
05-19-2009, 06:01 PM
Yes I know how to send a PM but how do I send an attachment in a PM?
bwu
05-21-2009, 12:35 AM
nadman,

I have sent a private email from support, please check your email.
nadman
05-21-2009, 05:37 AM
Thanks Brian.
I have replied to your email
MacAttack
06-01-2009, 11:26 PM
Yeah, I also have this problem. I'm beginning to think everyone does.
I took it off my login items list, and now only use it to scan a file I'm suspicious of. I don't trust leaving it on, because it'll start running the cpu at 100% when I'm not there, and I don't like my MacBook getting up to 160º (CPU temp) that often or for that long.
ALRUI
09-19-2009, 08:12 PM
Yeah, I also have this problem. I'm beginning to think everyone does.
I took it off my login items list, and now only use it to scan a file I'm suspicious of. I don't trust leaving it on, because it'll start running the cpu at 100% when I'm not there, and I don't like my MacBook getting up to 160º (CPU temp) that often or for that long.

Try 190! I finally tracked it down to iantivirus by trial and error shutting things down one at a time, for some reason I couldnt see it hogging huge amounts of CPU using Activity Monitor but it was the culprit. I see the release announcement of 1.36 "possibly resolved the cpu issues" but I wonder if it did & if the issues were what were talking about here or something else?