Subject Re: [firebird-support] Can virus-scanners interfere with Firebird?
Author Ann W. Harrison
Daniel Albuschat wrote:
>
> I was just thinking about (because a client asked that question)
> whether a virus-scanner
> could interfere with Firebird's operations.

Some virus scanners do apparently lock bits of the file
system in ways that interfere with Firebird.

> Have there been reported any problems with virus-scanners?\

Yes. There was a thread on October 11 with a name like
Firebird unexpected shutdown on Win2003. The problem shows
up as a server crash with a message from the file system saying
that the file is inaccessible.

Regards,


Ann