12-19-2001, 06:53 PM
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antivirus problems -> clock skew??
I've heard a few people say that Antivirus software can be responsible for your computer losing time. Does anyone have opinions on this or know what is actually happening?
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12-22-2001, 12:48 AM
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I really hadn't heard about that at all. But of course with XP's synchronizing clock, that shouldn't be a problem.
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12-22-2001, 01:07 AM
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Arrrhh!
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I have noticed clock skew on several occaisons on PCs running anti-virus software.
It seems that when the anti-virus software is set to monitor all file access and execution, a great strain is placed on the CPU at times, which can result in the skew of the system-tray clock. If you are careful and don't do anything foolish (i.e. downloading suspicious attachments/files, etc), you should be able to disable the anti-virus background scanning and simply schedule routine scans. Best of luck!
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