--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Woody" <woody-tmw@...> wrote:

>
> Most anti-virus software let's you exclude certain directories.

Unless you

> are worried about a virus infecting your FB installation, you can

set it to

> exclude that directory and it's sub-directories. I don't know if

that will

> fix the problem you have but it's worth a shot. :)

Thanks for the suggestion but I already tried disabling the virus
scanner completely and that didn't help. It seems as though only a
complete uninstall of the software fixes the problem.