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Title: Apple QuickTime and iTunes -- inactivate Avast
Post by: nweissma on September 16, 2008, 03:25:45 AM

Apple updated QuickTime and iTunes on my Wintel Vista-32.

Avast alerted me that the Apple update installation process wanted to inactivate Avast.  i said "No"; should i have said "Yes"? For what reason might an Apple install need to inactivate an AV?

Title: Re: Apple QuickTime and iTunes -- inactivate Avast
Post by: Lisandro on September 16, 2008, 03:43:11 AM

No, no reason for deactivating the antivirus... only poor installers ask to do so...
Sorry Mac, I'm still having problems with QuickTime installation... it's not good...

Title: Re: Apple QuickTime and iTunes -- inactivate Avast
Post by: RejZoR on September 16, 2008, 10:13:14 AM

Disabling antiviruses during installations is retarded thing and somehow defeats their purpose. So never do that.

Title: Re: Apple QuickTime and iTunes -- inactivate Avast
Post by: YoKenny on September 16, 2008, 12:26:19 PM

I like QuickTime Alternative 2.7.0:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_quicktime_alternative