antivirus

Anti-virus Conflicts with Software

Posted on by JKL Software

Anti-virus products have been reported to cause install problems.

Many anti-virus products today use “crowdsourced” usage reports. These “popularity contest” anti-virus products expect a software to have hundreds of thousands of public users to show that it’s safe instead of creating a robust scanning solution.

However, since Caseworx & Cephworx are specialty medical applications, expectations that public users would have it installed would be improper. As such, you may experience odd effects from anti-virus products deleting or preventing Caseworx/Cephworx from running. Caseworx/Cephworx is a signed and timestamped application – rest assured that they are a safe, virus-free application.

If this occurs, you will need to add an exception in your anti-virus for the Caseworx/Cephworx install folder. Each anti-virus is different in design, so you may need to contact your anti-virus vendor for further instructions on adding exceptions.

Specifically – McAfee products causing install problems.

NOTE: McAfee anti-virus is a known offender to much of the software and admin community causing software failure to install or operate. McAfee is an inferior product that uses scare tactics to keep it’s user base paying. We recommend not using anything from McAfee and installing a proper professional product like Symantec Endpoint Protection or using the built-in Windows Defender system.

The built-in Windows 10 & 11 Microsoft Defender is far superior to anything that McAfee has to offer. The modern Microsoft Defender built into Windows is a lightweight, highly effective product that is integrated into Windows itself for best performance. Uninstalling McAfee on these Windows computers will restore the operation of the built-in protection offered by Defender.

Antivirus False Warnings

Posted on by N Mark

Some users have reported issues with Caseworx or TODDS not starting with a warning from their antivirus software, usually complaining of something to do with reputation.

Poorly written antivirus software, such as AVG and AVAST, have an expectation of “good” software to include the definition of being installed by thousands of users. Specialty software, such as Caseworx or TODDS, would obviously not be installed by the average consumer in the thousands. It is obvious that these antivirus programs may be fine for consumer home applications, but is not designed for professional business environments.

Until such AV systems become more advanced and intelligent, users can add an exception to their antivirus “whitelist” or “exception” configuration for the C:\Program Files\JKL Software\TODDS or C:\Program Files\JKL Software\Caseworx-IAO folder to ensure uninterrupted operation of their software. However, whitelisting can also expose the folder to possible infection as the AV cannot monitor the folder and it’s files for changes.

It is therefore our recommendation that a proper antivirus solution which does not exhibit issues like the above named software be used to protect your computers.

Software such as Symantec’s EndPoint Security with it’s well written Insight engine does not exhibit this issue and allows the software to operate successfully without any problems.