Virus Scan -when positive- disconnects the internet.

I don't much care for virus protection to run memory-resident, so I
have been testing out some standalone and command-line scannners..

A few times, while testing the eicar file and a keylogger that I have
stored on my hard drive, the respective virus scanner beeps for a
positive result, and simultaneously it seems, the internet
disconnects. This occurence doesn't allow me the convenience of
continuing my work on the internet. I can't quite figure if it's winxp
or the scanner software itself forcing a reboot to restore my net
connection...

Nothing resident that would cause this that I can figure.. I'm using
Winxp, a buffalo router, and a SBC dsl modem...

Any help?

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:46:49 GMT, Rick and Lucila Buck
<richbuck@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>I don't much care for virus protection to run memory-resident, so I
>have been testing out some standalone and command-line scannners..
>

But you're not going mention which ones

>A few times, while testing the eicar file and a keylogger that I have
>stored on my hard drive, the respective virus scanner beeps for a
>positive result, and simultaneously it seems, the internet
>disconnects. This occurence doesn't allow me the convenience of
>continuing my work on the internet. I can't quite figure if it's winxp
>or the scanner software itself forcing a reboot to restore my net
>connection...
>

Ah winxp. That only remains for you to describe "scanner software" a
bit and the non-clairvoyant can join in too.


>Nothing resident that would cause this that I can figure.. I'm using
>Winxp, a buffalo router, and a SBC dsl modem...
>
>Any help?


Look up LSP or layered service provider.


Jim.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:10:26 +0100, James Egan <jegan@jegan.com>
wrote:

>
>On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:46:49 GMT, Rick and Lucila Buck
><richbuck@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>I don't much care for virus protection to run memory-resident, so I
>>have been testing out some standalone and command-line scannners..
>>
>
>But you're not going mention which ones

Mcafee's dos scanner is on my drive right now.. and it is affecting my
net connection. Previously Avir's freeware scanner and at least one
other froze my net connection when finding a positive...

>>Any help?
>
>
>Look up LSP or layered service provider.

I'm starting to look now... Thanks.. Anything else that might put me
on the right path?

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:10:26 +0100, James Egan <jegan@jegan.com>
wrote:

>
>On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:46:49 GMT, Rick and Lucila Buck
><richbuck@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>I don't much care for virus protection to run memory-resident, so I
>>have been testing out some standalone and command-line scannners..
>>
>
>But you're not going mention which ones

Mcafee's dos scanner is on my drive right now.. and it is affecting my
net connection. Previously Avir's freeware scanner and at least one
other scanner froze my net connection when finding a positive...

>>Any help?
>
>
>Look up LSP or layered service provider.

I'm starting to look now... Thanks.. Anything else that might put me
on the right path?