Issues with VMware Fusion after installing Sophos Anti Virus for Mac

Question

Hello first of all I want to thank you for offering this anti virus :)

The problem could be unrelated but after I installed Sophos AV on my macbook pro VMware Fusion had issues starting up windows, and than it froze. Any ideas?

Thank you.

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virus12321 · Accepted Answer

Hi MPB. Welcome to the forums. Personally, I have had no issues starting up Windoze on my MBP in VMWare Fusion version 3.1.1. (Win7 and Win XP SP2) I have set the On-access Scanning exclusion for my VMs. (On my computer, it's located at ~/Library/Application Support/VMWare Fusion/Virtual Machines; the location of the VMs on your machine may differ - it could be in the Documents folder). I guess setting the exclusions should help speed things up. If setting the VMs in the Excluded Items still freezes your Windoze VM, try disabling the on-access scanner altogether when booting the VM. (Note: I have not set an exclusion for the Bootcamp partition, even though I boot into my Bootcamp partition, and it still runs fine in VMWare Fusion.) :1000861