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Version 7.2.7C on OSX 10.6, full scan causes system crash

I just installed the current version on my MacBook Pro. System has 4 gig memory, a 320 gig hard disk. Part of the drive is partitioned for Boot Camp, with Windows XP installed.

I tried running a full scan of my system. Nothing was running, it reported that it had over 1.2 million files to scan. After it was more than halfway through, OSX crashed and I had to restart the system. I tried it again, and got the same result.

All the defaults were set, I hadn't changed anything in the program.

I'm very concerned that an antivirus program would cause a system crash, It is supposed to be the other way around

Any ideas?

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0 birdbird over 14 years ago

I had the exact same thing happen as well. I don't know what's wrong. same system as you 4gb ram 320 g hd... etc. windows xp on bootcampl. i found it disturbing and i've never seen that screen in all of 3 years of owning macbook pro (late 2008).
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0 K-Bake over 14 years ago

I have the same issue. Only difference is it's scanning about 800,000 files and I have a 500gig HDD with part of it partitioned with Win 7.
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0 Agile over 14 years ago

What version of OS X are each of you using?
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0 jkarlberg over 14 years ago

Same problem here, OSX crashes while running a complete scan. 4GB RAM, OSX 10.6.8, 350GB free disk space. I also have a Boot camp partition. Sophos version 7.3.0C, any solution? I've excluded the Boot camp partiotion in "complete scan settings".
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0 Arie_P over 14 years ago

I also have the version 7.3.0C on OSX 10.6.8 and my mac freezes during complete scan. 8 GB RAM, 2.7 Hz 314 GB free disk space and also have a Windows boot camp partition. Are there any solutions yet?
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