New Comp Virus From PT???

[finman29]

I got rid of my old laptop cos I was getting problems with PT and getting "occured violation" thus not being able to run PT...but with my new comp it seems im getting the same thing???
Im running Sonaliksis bundle...Waves Murcury..Drumagog and thats all the plug ins I have installed so far...it seems there is a virus and as the exact same thing happened on my computer until I started to use PT???
Any help would be great...
Thank you

[3JDamon]

If you mean "access violation" the #1 cause is poorly cracked plug-ins. You did pay for those plugs, right?

[finman29]

Yeah and paid alot!!!
So you think its the plug ins...mmm...if I didnt buy them i wud agree but they should be no virus seeing as I paid for them..or could there?
Im using a demo verson of Drumagog..could that be it?

[Greg M]

You don't have to have cracked plugins, 3J, to get the Access Violation. I have no cracked plugins, period, and I got an Access Vioation yesterday on a session that I was touching up from a month ago. I hadn't got an Access Violation in months, but I got one yesterday.

The only thing that is different on my system and the session that threw the Access Viloation was that I updated the Waves RenMaxx bundle from 6.0.0 to 6.0.6 and that session uses some Waves Plugins.

Look, I don't even want to imply that the problem might be the Waves Plugs because I don't know. Was it when 7.4 (I don't recall for sure) was released everyone was getting Access Violations. Seems the problem then was related to outdated plugins.

Greg

[albee1952]

Sadly, anything that you download can be infected so it is wise to always scan downloaded files with at least 2 programs. I just started using one called Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (free) and it found stuff on my protools computer (which does not connect to the internet). So now I scan every download with that and Avast before I install it. Hope you get it sorted out.

[finman29]

Yeah I dont connect to the internet either and comp is only new...so I wondering where the errors are coming from...seems like a regisrty problem and when I update to the Toolkit I get the problems??
How can this be?bloody thing cost alot of mula

[Transputer]

On a prev thread you stated you were gonna build this
"Right Im going to order and bulid my comp and Ive decied on parts I shall bu

here is goes..advice if this is okey to run PT good

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 8MB, BOXED w/fan

19 Monitor

Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP, P35, Socket-775, DDR2, WIFI, ATX, GbLAN

Akasa AK-965 CPU Cooler, Socket 775, low noise

Nexus DiskTwin, Stops HDD Vibration and Resonance, Fits in 5.25" bay, Black

Antec Sonata III Miditower, Black w/500W PSU

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM

Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A, 20x, IDE, Black

Thats all is there anything else Im missing???
OO Graphics card but I dont know which one to get???

Ok if this is ok please say or anything else i need or replace...thank you "

Today you requested advice on an external hardrive - you are running two separate hard drives ? one for your O/S and one for Audio ?

[finman29]

Yes Im running two seperate Hard drives..the graphics card I got is Asus EN7300GT Silent..which works good with PT...
Like i got it to work at the start but after awhile I got acces violations

[spkguitar]

The Waves plugins are the most likely culprit (and for that much money, you really should take it up with Waves tech support). As Greg_M has already mentioned, they have been proven in the past (and currently, apparently) to cause these errors if you don't have the exact proper numeric version of the plugins for a specific numeric version of Pro Tools.

finman29, if you could please;

• Download the TechSupport Utility
• Install it.
• Run it.
• Select "Generate List".
• Find the "Pro Tools Version List.txt" file on your desktop.
• Open it.
• Paste the contents here.

That will allow us to eliminate possible and potential problems with the plugins that you have installed.

[finman29]

I cant open the the program
I figured out what it is...its a agent hijack and task manager kind of virus...i cant get rid of it...I need help I need a project done by next week!!!!!