Re: Mathematica 8 + OS X + McAfee = trouble; help?
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- Subject: [mg124600] Re: Mathematica 8 + OS X + McAfee = trouble; help?
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:26:27 -0500 (EST)
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OK, tracking down and excluding the Java run-time jar may help. But on OS X, there seems to be no file named rt.jar. The closest candidate I've found is: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaRuntimeSupport.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Java/JavaRuntimeSupport.jar However, excluding that from the McAfee on-access scan does not cure the problem. I'll investigate further. On 1/25/12 7:05 AM, Oleksandr Rasputinov wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:12:04 -0000, Murray Eisenberg > <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote: > >> Under Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) I've been having persistent >> troubles getting the Mathematica 8.0.4 front end to connect with the >> kernel when I start the program, and to start the PacletManager, too. >> Evidently, the problem is caused by JLink not starting or running >> properly. >> >> After substantial direct help from Wolfram tech support, we've traced >> the problem to McAfee Security, specifically, Version 1.1.0 (1309), with >> its anti-malware version 9.1.0 (4478), engine version 5400.1158. >> >> Has anybody else encountered this? >> >> What happens is that with normal on-access scan enabled, the JLink >> problem occurs; with on-access scan disabled, the problem disappears. >> >> I'd like to be able to keep McAfee Security and simply specify the >> needed file exclusions from on-access scan. We've tried to exclude the >> entire Mathematica.app package (i.e., $InstallationDirectory) as well as >> /Library/Mathematica (i.e., $BaseDirectory), and even the entire >> $UserBaseDirectory. But that doesn't do the trick. >> >> Perhaps the exclusions need to include specific files in those >> directories, or even some Java files/directories. The Mac in question >> has the usual Apple 64- and 32-bit Javas, version 1.6.0_29-b11-402. >> >> Any suggestions? >> > > A while ago I encountered a similar problem (probably the same, in fact). > McAfee's software seems to have a problem with scanning the large .jar > files needed by the Java runtime, which of course is needed for the > Mathematica front end. Specifically, McAfee takes a very long time (with > certain definition versions) to scan rt.jar (of certain versions of Java) > and eventually gives up, but in the mean time J/Link times out. I'm not > very familiar with Macs or how the Mathematica installation is laid out on > that platform, but I would think you can use an exclusion for rt.jar, > wherever that may reside. Actually, to be frank, I always found McAfee to > be extremely slow in general and to use an unjustifiably large amount of > memory, which caused me some difficulty in using Mathematica even without > the added annoyance of this particular problem. As there are many other > anti-virus programs available and pretty much every one of them (except > Norton/Symantec) is better in every respect than McAfee, I'd certainly > encourage you not to rule out that solution. > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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