Re: [ARSCLIST] Anti-virus on workstations?

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/07/04, Mike Richter wrote:

> This may help, though it deals with amateurs doing simple audio
> capture.
>
> In my attempts to help those getting into CD recording, I frequently
> encounter reports of quasi-periodic gaps in the digital file. I've
> seen some from discs sent for diagnosis. Without exception, they come
> either from underpowered systems running heavy audio editing programs
> or from monitors - AV or others. The former are usually handled by
> using a lightweight capture program such as CDWAV, though upgrading
> the computer is preferable. The latter are consistently solved by
> killing all background programs; defragmenting the capture drive
> sometimes helps as well.
>
> Gaps are typically of the order of 100 msec long with a rep rate of
> the order of a few seconds. Typically, they are staggered by a
> millisecond or so between the two channels and the cutoff is abrupt,
> regardless of the amplitude when it occurs. The absolute level of the
> signal at the cutoff is maintained through the 'gap' and when the
> signal returns suddenly, the effect is often an audible click.
>
> Note that other background programs will do the same damage by
> digesting resources (particularly memory). Infected computers often
> lose most of their memory, file access and even CPU to their nefarious
> payloads. While I recommend not monitoring for viruses while doing
> audio, I strongly recommend making sure the system of worms, viruses
> and trojan horses.

I think the problems you mention are due to the use of an unsuitable or
badly designed operating system.

Regards
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Don Cox
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