I'm using Rebit v3 (SW only, using my own USB2 drive) with a Win XP Pro SP3 installation. It works without issues, but one: the on-line file scanner in my Alwil AV (Avast! 4 Pro) doesn't like the re-bit service which keeps track of the files read and written and vice versa.
There's some sort of deadlock situation triggered almost every time, shortly after the computer (and hence rebit) starts. The symptom is that as soon as an ordinary explorer.exe window is opened and moving the mouse pointer into it, the XP window manager (the login process explorer.exe) hangs completely. At the same time, the Avast! 4 Pro on-line scanner function freezes as far as I've been able to see once this state has been entered.
The only remedy is a logout and/or reboot of the computer.
If the following is done, the lock-up does not occur (so far):
1) Start computer as usual
2) Login as a user with admin rights, rebit starts OK
3) Avast! Pro start OK
4) Pause the on-line scanner in Avast! as quickly as possible
5) Let the autostart sequence finish completely
6) Start using the system normally, rebit does its job OK
7) Later open an explorer.exe window, check that it works
8) Re-start the Avast! on-line scanner again
Similarly, if the the Rebit processes in the services section are killed ASAP after startup and then restarted later (manually), the lock-up has never occurred. Of course this isn't proof that it cannot happen, especially since I've not tested this more than a few times -- it's not a supported or proper handling of the rebit SW.
I've tried various things with settings in Avast! 4 Pro e.g. altering the timing(s) in the startup, to no avail.
Is there any solution to this issue (kind of issue)? I've tried to search for any known problems with Rebit + on-line AV protecion processes but found none.
Having to choose between AV on-line protection and Rebit on-line backup is not pleasant.
/M