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applejack seems to remove most of sophos

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Today I used a common utility, Applejack, with my mid 2010 macbook pro, with system 10.6.5;  Applejack is a common tool used to fix hard disk problems and erase disk caches.  I was trying to fix a problem with my mini display port not working.  I then updated Sophos, and it downloaded about 80 megabytes of stuff.  As far as I can see, the engine and virus count is almost the same as before I ran Applejack;  so I guess Applejack sees Sophos files as temporary files?  While no harm was done, and Sophos re-updated itself, this seems strange.  Are virus definitions stored as something that common "cleaning" utilities will erase?

I am not complaining too much ;  Sophos has a great product -- I thought so even before it was free.  But Applejack is a nice utility too, and commonly used.  And yes, I did use the newest, Snow Leopard compatible version of Applejack. 

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    Would it be normal then, when running the standard Sophos update, for Sophos to download more than 500 files, or around 80 megebyes of data?  I have Used OnyX to clear caches, without Sophos feeling the need to update about 80 megabytes of data. I am wiling to accept that non essential files were removed;  however at internet speeds in most of China, it takes a few hours to do this.  Is is possible that Sophos and Applejack have different ideas about what essential cache files are?

    I have tried using Applejack twice, each time letting it remove the cache files.  Each time Sophos feels the need to do a massive update. 

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    Would it be normal then, when running the standard Sophos update, for Sophos to download more than 500 files, or around 80 megebyes of data?  I have Used OnyX to clear caches, without Sophos feeling the need to update about 80 megabytes of data. I am wiling to accept that non essential files were removed;  however at internet speeds in most of China, it takes a few hours to do this.  Is is possible that Sophos and Applejack have different ideas about what essential cache files are?

    I have tried using Applejack twice, each time letting it remove the cache files.  Each time Sophos feels the need to do a massive update. 

    :1001611
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