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• False alarms

  Running the trial of vFoglight and very impressed so far.
  However, we are still getting false alarms such as:

  • Machine virtual xxx has recently been turned off. This rule detects a VM is turned off or paused.
  • Logical drive C:\ on machine virtual xxx was 5.81% available and full of 94.19%. This rule is triggered when the use of the disk reaches less than 5% of the full.

  Even if we recognize and disable the alarm, it reappears. In the latter case we offer more space, so the alarm is not applicable.

  Any ideas how to fix?

  Hello infra1234,
  Question #1 it is a groovy script that will fix it if there is no virtual machines for which you get alarms
  Rule question #2 pulled the alarm can be twisted, but would need to take a look at your environment
  My suggestion would be to open a support case.

• False alarm: the compiler bug?

  This happens with CVI 2010 SP1.

  Compiling this code, I get "WARNING: Conversion from '__int64' to 'long' could lose data... ' on the 'z = y' line.

  Please note this line does not have any variable __int64.

  More strange: if I comment any line of the "case", the warning disappears: the warning when are present four or more instructions "box.

  However, the generated code works perfectly, to a quick test.

  #define A 0x00000000
  #define B 0x00000001
  #define C 0x00000002
  #define D 0x00000003
  
  #define MASK 0x00000003
  
  void CompilerBug()
  {
  __int64 x=0;
  
  int y,z;
  
      switch(x & MASK) {
          case A: y=0; break;
          case B: y=1; break;
          case C: y=2; break;
          case D: y=3; break;
      }
      z = y;
  }
  

  I will be happy if someone can confirm this behavior.

  Thank you

  At first glance, the warning seems to be false. The conversion from __int64 to long don't actually takes place. Instead, case expressions are converted long __int64. The behavior of the switch statement seems correct and therefore the warning can be ignored.

  We have not yet investigated the cause of this error, but you can follow the matter with bug ID 363456. In the meantime, it would be more prudent to ensure that your switch expression and case expressions are of the same type where we have not fully defined errors.

• False alarms license ISE

  Hello

  I have a 3315 ISE with a base 250 and 250 advanced licenses. I received regular alarms (every two hours) indicating the following...

  "Concurrent user base exceed the authorized number of licenses.

  However, the number of active device is 202 and was never above 206. The advance is currently 57...

  Service facilities license file license expires the time counter updating endpoints

  Base Package                                                                    250                                         202/250

  I can't delete messages either.

  Thank you very much

  Dave

  This is due to a defect.

  CSCtw73946    ISE Invalid License application alarm

  Symptom:

  With correct basic and Advanced license already installed correctly - ISE generates alerts;

  "Concurrent user base exceed the authorized number of licenses.

  "Advanced concurrent users / endpoints exceed the authorized number of licenses.

  Conditions:

  This isn't affecting services.

  Workaround solution:

  None

  ~ BR
  Jatin kone

  * Does the rate of useful messages *.

• False alarm

  I have a rule created the CPU usage %. Occasionally, I'll get a 'Normal' message and the figures will show the % CPU: 92.77. This is not normal and would generally fall within the critical range. I don't get the critical messages however. I don't always get these false emails. most of the time I am alerted with the right message. I have my behavior to "Action of fire if 20 consecutive assessments are met". Has anyone seen this kind of behavior? I'm curious to know how to fix this.

  Thank you

  The behaior you describe (report of the normal state on the last assessment which is guard/criticism/fatal) is not the way it is suppsed to behave, my recommendatino is trying to open a support case and see if can get to the bottom of this.

  It is true that most (if not all) rules do not have action on the back to normal because that will generate a large number of notifications to the administrator mailbox on things that are not usable.

  Golan

• False alarm on ESX memory

  Hello

  I have recently updated our ESX to vSphere 5.1. After the upgrade, I receive alarm 'Memory of the host State' on some hosts even if there is no virtual machine running on them. Clear the alarm, but he comes back again.

  I checked on the ILO and the OA for all related memory errors or problems, but there is nothing in there. Everything is green.

  No one knows what is the cause.

  Thank you

  Nick

  in any case, this has been fixed after the connection of the host...

• False alarm the CS6 upgrade purchased installation...

  Bought Photoshop CS6 upgrade for my CS5 64-bit edition of Windows 7 computer.

  Through licenses, obtained the serial number of my account at Adobe, downloaded the software and then, in the setting up, got:

  «Installation Failed «...»» "the product that you are trying to install is not authentic Adobe software and seems to be false. »

  Danderby often occurs if the Setup files are corrupted.  Please try to download a new copy installation CS6 to http://forums.adobe.com/message/5418120#5418120 files.

• KOOBFACE IS FALSE ALARM OF IT?

  I WAS WORKING ON A NEW LAPTOP OS X YOSEMITE WHEN BELLS AND WHISTLES EXPLODED, THE WINDOW POPS UP SAYING THAT I HAD BEEN HACKED AND CALL APPLE AT # GIVEN. IT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT, BUT ULTIMATELY, I CALLED. AFTER I LET HIM SHARE THE SCREEN "" RESCUE", HE FOUND MALWARE CALLED KOOBFACE AND STARTED A DOWNLOAD THAT WOULD OPEN IMMEDIATELY. BUT THEN HE WANTED MONEY $199 FOR A YEAR'S WARRANTY, OR $399 FOR PERMANENT WARRANTY.

  HE HAD STRONG ACCENT AND I COULD HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND. I DON'T HIM DID NOT TRUST AND WAS AFRAID BECAUSE HE WAS IN MY COMPUTER DUE TO 'RESCUE '... IS MORE, THINK IT WAS APPLE, SO I JUST SHUT DOWN THE COMPUTER AND CHANGED MY PASSWORDS ON ANOTHER LAPTOP, THE ONE I USE NOW.

  IT WAS LEGITIMATE AND I MESSED UP? OR WAS IT A SCAM AND A PERSON REALLY ME HACKED AND CAN ACCESS EVERYTHING ON ALL MY COMPUTERS, INCLUDING THIS ONE AND A DESKTOP COMPUTER?

  Anything other than a scam. As long as you don't give any personal information, it cannot access anything on your Mac. Never share your password admin period.

  Force Quit Safari by using the command + Option + ESC keyboard shortcut then restart Safari while holding down the SHIFT key. Preventing failback of your last Safari session.

  Tip: To open Safari without RESUME, hold down the shift (⇧) you open Safari. Safari opens with the options you selected in the "General tab" in Safari preferences, options such as your homepage.

  Don't forget, Apple will never contact you directly phone or otherwise with respect to malware.

• False alarm critical of Apple - scam or virus?

  A couple of days, while browsingthem web (English version of the German company important and trustworthy), I received a popup alert indicating «Safari alert, your iPad is locked for your protection on 0808 148 3688 Apple support call»

  I had my son get number of Apple on his mobile and realized, he had nothing to do with the above number. As the IPad has been frozen, I made a forced following the stop which made a soft reset not reset the Wi - Fi connection but do not wipe all personal data and after that pop up to disappeared. My camera is a non supported Gen. 1 iPad iOS 5.1.1. My question is how can I tell if my iPad has a virus or is it safe to use?  Also, I guess due to being not supported its my Apple call pointless? All advice appreciated - other that tell me to buy an IPad update that unfortunately I can't afford (that's a first use since the problem occurred)

  This popup will always be a scam. See below.

  Phony 'technical support' / 'ransomware' popups and web pages

• False alarm "system safety at risk".

  My wife has just started to download a update of Flash Player for his MBP and stopped when she realized that they wanted to change a lot of settings, such as the browser by default, etc..  She received a message asking if she didn't know she wanted to leave the page as well as a scary message (see screen capture below).

  I called the number in the message and it did not Support Mac.  I recognized the voice as being a man with a foreign accent, telling me that I have a serious malfunction in my computer it will help to set. It sounded like a very long call remote.  I realized that it is a scam and that he hung up.

  All this experience?  I had to call my phone at home several times telling me that they were aware of a computer problem and that they would like to help me solve it.  They need access to my computer to do.  Of course, that don't give them not only access.  I get the these calls one or two times a month.

  If someone else gets one of these messages.  Ignore it.   Or, call Apple and ask them to check it out.  But it's not Apple.

  

  Yes, this is a known scam. I hope that you do not allow access to any information on your Mac. Ignore it or report it to http://www.apple.com/feedback/

• Preferred infrastructure: alarm on the port down

  Hi all

  Given that we have improved our PI to 2.0.0.0.294 version last week, we receive several alarms a day regarding the port on wlc.

  Here is an example:

  Virtual domain: DOMAIN-ROOT

  PI has detected a change in one or more alarms category controller and critical severity.

  The new severity of the following is clear:

  1. message: "3" Port is down on the device "x.X.X.X". -Controller name: XXXXXXXXXX

  (3 times)

  2. message: Port '4' 'x.X.X.X' device is idle. -Controller name: XXXXXXXXXX

  (3 times)

  3. message: Port '5' is down on the device "x.X.X.X". -Controller name: XXXXXXXXXX

  (3 times)

  4. message: Port '6' appliance 'x.X.X.X' is inactive. -Controller name: XXXXXXXXXX

  (3 times)

  5. message: Port '6' appliance "y.y.y.y" is inactive. -Controller name: YYYYYYY

  (3 times)

  E-mail will be deleted up to 30 minutes for these changes.

  I checked all the mentioned ports and they are not in use and not physically connected. I put "admin status" of these ports as 'disable' and 'link trap' like disable too, but we continue to receive these alerts.

  Do you know if this is a bug related to PI v2? or what I can do to remove these false alarms?

  Thank you!

  I saw these on NCS too... and I still see it on 2.0 FT I have running.

  Thank you

  Scott

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• False alerts in TMS after upgrading to 14.6.2

  After modernizing TMS from 14.3 to 14.6.2, we receive frequent false alarms that are some of the features of basic (IPGW, ISDNGW, supervisor blade) down.

  Within 1-2 minutes we get the high alert once again but when you see the status of the device is not really down. It is perhaps because the MSDS does not answer these devices SNMP and there seems to be a bug. I would like to know what can be checked on TMS or devices to avoid this problem.

  Just to inform that was not with the old version of TMS.

  We have also seen this frequently on TMS14.6 as well, especially with infrastructure devices (TCS, VCS, ISDN gateway, etc.) and sometimes also of endpoints.

  After the TMS15.0.1 we do not see this issue any more.

  Wayne
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• ESXi 5.1 HP Smart Array Controller P420i alarm

  Hello

  One of our hosts in VSphere Client VM shows an alarm in the condition of the equipment for the HP Smart Array P420i controller. I noticed that it was noted that this may be a false alarm and that's may be headed down to a problem of firmware version, but every example of which was accompanied by a screenshot of the error with the message firmware in the details. I don't have that or even nothing else in the details. This is the case, however, for control of the ILO for the host that he advises the controller is OK. I get a screenshot of the error below. Does anyone else have this problem?

  Thank you very much

  

  This is a know bug and HP has an advisory page on this subject. for detailed information, you can see link below

  http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?sp4ts.oid=5295168&spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay&spf_p.prp_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c03737176-1%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken

• Your computer restarts because of a problem

  Hello!

  Someone called me on Facetime and before she even rang (but I've seen the Facetime icon in the dock), my iMac suddenly froze and rebooted. I was able to answer the call on my iPhone. It happens also when nobody calls me on Facetime but the iMac restarts just.

  It's one of the messages I got:

  Mon Jul 11 11:32:47 2016

  Panic report *.

  panic (cpu 0 0xffffff800ebce5fa appellant): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9140aace, type 14 = page fault, registers:

  CR0: 0X000000008001003B, CR2: 0 X 0000000000000000, CR3: 0X000000018366402C CR4: 0X00000000001627E0

  RAX: 0 X 0000000000000000, RBX: 0 X 0000000000000000, RCX: 0XFFFFFF811C03AC50 RDX: 0 X 0000000000000001

  RER: 0XFFFFFF811C03AC50, RBP: 0XFFFFFF811C03AD40, IHR: 0 X 0000000000000002 RDI: 0 X 0000000000000306

  R8: 0XFFFFFF811C03AD68, R9: 0XFFFFFF8024B579F0, R10: 0X00000000018CB8F6 R11: 0 X 0000000000000001

  R12: 0X00000000000057F7, R13: 0 X 0000000000000000, R14: 0 X 0000000000000000, R15: 0X00000000000057F7

  RFL: 0 X 0000000000010246, RIP: 0XFFFFFF7F9140AACE, CS: 0000000000000008, SS 0 X: 0 X 0000000000000010

  CR2 error: 0 x 0000000000000000, error code: 0 x 0000000000000000, CPU error: 0x0, PL: 0

  Backtrace (CPU 0), frame: return address

  0xffffff811c03a8e0: 0xffffff800eadab12

  0xffffff811c03a960: 0xffffff800ebce5fa

  0xffffff811c03ab40: 0xffffff800ebec463

  0xffffff811c03ab60: 0xffffff7f9140aace

  0xffffff811c03ad40: 0xffffff7f91409f2e

  0xffffff811c03aea0: 0xffffff800ed460c4

  0xffffff811c03af00: 0xffffff800ed4298a

  0xffffff811c03b000: 0xffffff800ef114d2

  0xffffff811c03b090: 0xffffff800ed1ac7a

  0xffffff811c03b180: 0xffffff800ed1aa0a

  0xffffff811c03b1d0: 0xffffff7f92523258

  0xffffff811c03b230: 0xffffff7f9252203b

  0xffffff811c03b840: 0xffffff800ef77a23

  0xffffff811c03b8a0: 0xffffff800ecfb662

  0xffffff811c03b8f0: 0xffffff800ed1a5e4

  0xffffff811c03b9a0: 0xffffff800ed061b8

  0xffffff811c03bbe0: 0xffffff800ed06cd0

  0xffffff811c03bf60: 0xffffff800f0286a1

  0xffffff811c03bfb0: 0xffffff800ebecc66

  Extensions of core in backtrace:

  com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib (1.0) [8A37264E-9D9A-3B95-B0A1-EB1947CF70DA]@0xffffff7f91409000-> 0xffffff7f9140efff]

  com.avast.AvastFileShield (3.0) [68E49DA0-3DB6-3633-A350-F82518DEC2DF] @0xffffff7f 92521000-> 0xffffff7f92528fff

  Corresponding to the current thread BSD process name: FaceTime

  Mac OS version:

  15F34

  Kernel version:

  15.5.0 Darwin kernel version: kills Apr 19 18:36:36 PDT 2016; root:XNU-3248.50.21~8/RELEASE_X86_64

  Kernel UUID: 7E7B0822-D2DE-3B39-A7A5-77B40A668BC6

  Slide kernel: 0x000000000e800000

  Text of core base: 0xffffff800ea00000

  Text __HIB base: 0xffffff800e900000

  Name of system model: iMac15, 1 (Mac-42FD25EABCABB274)

  Availability of the system in nanoseconds: 13595026040974

  last load kext to 8119346624162: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f92529000 size 28672)

  Finally unloaded kext to 8193641436932: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f92529000 size 28672)

  kexts responsible:

  com.avast.AvastFileShield 3.0.0

  com.avast.PacketForwarder 2.1

  NET. SF.tuntaposx.Tun 1.0

  NET. SF.tuntaposx.TAP 1.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 90.3

  com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

  com Apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

  com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.6.0d0

  com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.22.0

  com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

  com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124

  com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 274,9

  com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 274,9

  3.12.7 com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy

  com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1

  com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 1.4.2

  com Apple.Driver.pmtelemetry 1

  com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

  com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics 10.1.4

  com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1

  com.apple.AMDRadeonX4000 1.4.2

  com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13

  com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.5f3

  com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul 10.1.4

  com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 208

  com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 3.0.8

  com.apple.kext.AMD7000Controller 1.4.2

  com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.4.5f3

  com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

  com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0

  com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

  com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0

  com.apple.BootCache 38

  2.8.5 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage

  com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360 1040.1.1a6

  com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.7.0

  com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 10.2.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.8

  com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 4.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

  com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

  com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 4.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

  com Apple.NKE.applicationfirewall 163

  com Apple.Security.Quarantine 3

  com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

  com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 304.12

  com.apple.driver.AppleHIDTransport 5

  com Apple.kext.Triggers 1.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 181

  com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.4.5f3

  com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 181

  com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 274,9

  com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525

  3.12.8 com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl

  com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 108.2.1

  com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

  com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1

  com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.5f3

  com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 205,10

  com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 274,9

  com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 274,9

  com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 204.4

  com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink 4.1.1

  com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.14d1

  com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

  com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d7

  com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 1.4.2

  3.12.8 com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl

  com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

  com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

  com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.4.5f3

  com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9

  com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder 1

  com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0

  com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.7

  com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.0.1

  com.Apple.Driver.USB.Networking 5.0.0

  com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.0.1

  com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 517.50.1

  com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 4.1.3

  com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 4.1.3

  com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 4.1.3

  com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.0.2

  com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 4.0.4

  com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 6.0.2

  com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 1110.26

  com Apple.Driver.corecapture 1.0.4

  com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b3

  com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8

  com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2

  com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.8.1

  com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI 1.0.1

  com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI 1.0.1

  com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1

  com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.0.1

  com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.0.1

  com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

  com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

  com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

  com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

  com Apple.Security.sandbox 300.0

  com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

  com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

  com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5

  com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0

  com.apple.driver.DiskImages 417,4

  com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1

  com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31

  com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30

  com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 4.0

  com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9

  com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

  com.apple.kec.Libm 1

  com Apple.KEC.pthread 1

  com Apple.KEC.corecrypto 1.0

  Model: iMac15, 1, IM151.0207.B06 of BootROM, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 3.5 GHz, 8 GB, MSC 2.22f16

  Graphics card: AMD Radeon M290X, AMD Radeon M290X, PCIe, 2048 MB R9 R9

  Memory module: DIMM0/0 BANK, 4 GB DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220

  Memory module: DIMM0/1 BANK, 4 GB DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314736453220

  Airport: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0 x 142), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.95.175.1a6)

  Bluetooth: Version 4.4.5f3 17904, 3 services, 27 aircraft, 1 incoming serial ports

  Network service: Wi - Fi, AirPort, en1

  Serial ATA Device: APPLE SD0128F, 121,33 GB SSD

  Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD, 1 TB ST1000DM003

  USB device: USB 3.0 Bus

  USB device: Hub BRCM20702

  USB Device: USB Bluetooth host controller

  USB device: FaceTime HD camera (built-in)

  Bus crush: iMac, Apple Inc., 26.1

  "Avast" is the worst of the whole miserable lot of commercial products 'security' for the Mac. Not only it fails to protect you against any real danger, it can send data of a personal nature (e.g. historical web navigation and content e-mail messages) back to the developer without your knowledge, give false alarms, destabilize and slow down the computer, you expose a network attack and corrupt the network settings and permissions of files in your home folder. Removing it can not repair all the damage.

  Some versions of the product also inject advertising into web pages. In short, apart from the fine print of the license, Avast is not malware and is probably worse than any malware known now in circulation.

  Please back up all data and then remove Avast in accordance with the instructionsof the developer. Turn it back on. Never install a software "anti-virus" or "anti-malware" again.

  If you have tried to remove Avast by dragging an application to the trash, you need to reinstall, and then follow the link above.

• Serious problems iMac (late 2012)

  I have an iMac (end of 2012), who has had the most serious problems lately. For about a month, he would often see the spinning beach-ball-of-death for even the simplest of actions. As of today, however, it has gotten worse about 1,000 times. Now, every time I turn on the computer, with nothing connected except for the mouse and keyboard, it starts up fine, and then, whenever I try to do something, the SBBOD appears and stays there for about two minutes before the simple action is completed. Just tonight (I'm typing this from my other computer), what was going on, and then the Finder menu bar has disappeared, replaced by a black bar. The next thing I knew, the screen went black. Fearing for the life of my computer, I pulled the plug. Everything is saved to a hard drive G, but I disconnected earlier today. I've not turned the computer back since. I used to have the famous "Mackeeper," installed, but I made sure to remove every vestige of it. I'm afraid that this iMac may be either raise a viral infection serious, or as the CPU itself is a failure. I have installed Avast, but I checked a few days there are viruses, and there is no infection. I have not recently installed anything that could provoke such a question. It is not protected by the Applecare more. Should I consider at the Apple Store in any case?

  Where should I go from here, now?

  Should I consider at the Apple Store in any case?

  Yes. You're certainly dealing with a disc or any other fault of hardware failure. See also below.

  "Avast" is the worst of the whole miserable lot of commercial products 'security' for the Mac. Not only it fails to protect you against any real danger, it can send data of a personal nature (e.g. historical web navigation and content e-mail messages) back to the developer without your knowledge, give false alarms, destabilize and slow down the computer, you expose a network attack and corrupt the network settings and permissions of files in your home folder. Removing it can not repair all the damage.

  Some versions of the product also inject advertising into web pages. In short, apart from the fine print of the license, Avast is not malware and is probably worse than any malware known now in circulation.

  Please back up all data and then remove Avast in accordance with the instructionsof the developer. Turn it back on. Never install a software "anti-virus" or "anti-malware" again.

  If you have tried to remove Avast by dragging an application to the trash, you need to reinstall, and then follow the link above.