[OT] Which Virus Software for Chess Development?

[bob]

I need some advice.

I use the free version of Bitdefender. Generally I love it (because it unobtrusive). Unfortunately when developing and testing it often flags Maverick as a potential virus and kills the process. I have flagged the EXE as an exception but I suppose after every build it has a different signature and the problem repeats. I literally need to turn Bitdefender off when developing - which is not great.

So.....

What's the best virus software when developing chess apps?

Does the full version of Bitdefender have better exclusion features (e.g. exclude whole folder from scan)?

- Steve

NONE. Run unix. Develop there.

[stegemma]

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NONE. Run unix. Develop there.

Mac OS X is Unix based so it is included in your answer

Buying a Mac only for a chess engine could be a lot expensive. Switching to Linux/Unix only for this purpose maybe is not the best solution, it need or a new machine, a dual boot or a virtualization software. I think that you couldn't solve the problem changing operating system, because he should test its software on Windows too.

On windows, i use only MSE, since i've abandoned Avast. I know that is not the best protection but it's lite and it should be enough a little attention to email received and web sites you visits, to avoid viruses.

So, the best anti-virus software is... prudence!