Subject:Same problems reported

Posted by: b4dawn

Date:2/1/2009 7:48:31 AM

If you will look back in the archives I reported this problem the day I downloaded Acid Pro 7.

As the plug in scan progressed, it grabbed everything and stuck it in it's files. I noticed it was a particularly good at finding virus' of all kinds, malware that I didn't know existed and trojans which came along with every piece of legitimate bought and paid for software including Acid Pro 7.

I sounded the warning loud and clear, never let Acid Pro 7 scan C: drive. You have to be careful on what you let it scan or you will end up with the mess I did. No one paid attention.

The only interesting part of this was the malware Acid 7 found in most of my major programs from Adobe, Sony, Mackie, Novation, most software programs along with almost every app on my computer, especially instruments and effects.

ESET quarantined Kontakt 3, Native Instruments products, all of them, and the list continued. I spent a couple of weeks getting rid of this stuff because I work hard at keeping a clean machine. I knew something was wrong when the plug in scanner was still chugging away after 6 hours, double down boogie woogie, da, da, da, da, da, it's over. I had to end the process, no kidding, really?

Thank you for at least finding a partial fix.

Subject:RE: Same problems reported

Reply by: Vocalpoint

Date:2/1/2009 8:28:09 AM

Oh jeez - not this again.

Remember - this only happens to you. Not a single other person (including myself) has ever experienced or reported this.

I still fail to see the reason you keep coming back in here trying to scare the masses into believing there is something to warn us about.

VP

Subject:RE: Same problems reported

Reply by: b4dawn

Date:2/1/2009 8:36:51 AM

What, are you insane. Scaring the masses?

I merely want to make sure no one made the dumb mistake I did. Assuming Sony Acid 7 would pick up the instruments and effects and leave the rest of my drive alone.

You must be a beta tester with nothing to lose or invest.

If you would read the posts after this, you would have known that there is one more person that had this problem.

That makes two of us and one of you.

Not to mention the fact the problem reported with Celemony Melodyne on 1-4-2009 hasn't been addressed.

Subject:RE: Same problems reported

Reply by: Vocalpoint

Date:2/1/2009 8:59:10 AM

I merely want to make sure no one made the dumb mistake I did. Assuming Sony Acid 7 would pick up the instruments and effects and leave the rest of my drive alone.

Properly installed - that is EXACTLY what it does. Over here - because my software and computer are properly installed with all the default search paths correctly stored in the registry - it scans ALL my instruments and leaves EVERYTHING else alone.

If you would read the posts after this, you would have known that there is one more person that had this problem.

Yes - of course - another batch of users inputting manual paths when they should leave it well enough alone. As SonyPCH has already stated - if you are going to send the plugin scan out to the entire c:\ drive - expect pain.

That makes two of us and one of you.

One of me? Since when I am the only user who has successfully installed the program? There are thousands of us who have NO issues.

If you are messing with paths or have any other path stored in your registry - you will continue to have problems - but don't blame this on Acid . If it was an ACID problem - every single user would have an issue with it.

As it stands - you and one other person can't follow the defaults.

VP

Subject:RE: Same problems reported

Reply by: DKeenum

Date:2/1/2009 12:58:32 PM

I have not ever had anything like this happen. Never.

Subject:RE: Same problems reported

Reply by: Vocalpoint

Date:2/1/2009 2:21:01 PM

I have not ever had anything like this happen. Never.

My point exactly.

I am having an even harder time trying to decipher just what the heck he is trying to do. Seems that once wasn't enough since he went thru this back when AP7 was released and proceeded to write a huge novel then on how AP7 was locating viruses, malware and a ton of other stuff that made little to no sense.

Not sure why he would suddenly pop back up months later just to rehash the whole thing again.

Obviously this guy has installation issues that are beyond trying to comprehend.

VP