Comments on: Uninstalling Intego Personal Antispam X4

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:55:37 +0000

Just found this by googling for how to remove anti-spam.

Tried AppZapper, it did not remove the mail plugin nor the service that is enabled at login.

Anyone removing anti-spam should also remove the anti-spam bundle from /Library/Mail/Bundles and also delete the login item for it under System Preferences - Accounts.

By: aral

aral — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:54:12 +0000

Hi Bud. Same experience here with VBX4. I’ve started using AppZapper to zap apps. Will look into EasyFind too. I keep discovering bits that Antispam has left behind. Just removed some bit the other day (forget where I found it.)

By: Bud

Bud — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 05:09:42 +0000

Thanks Aral about the info on the plugin. I have Internet Security Barrier X4 Antispam Edition - Single-user license which includes Antispam, VBX4 and NetBarrier. I haven’t installed Antispam for one reason or another, now that I have read your blog, I am going to trash it.
To date, VBX4 hasn’t detected anything in all the scans that it has performed and am wondering why I payed good money for a product that I don’t need. Once my 1 year subscription for virus definitions is up, I will uninstall VBX4 and download ClamXav.
One product that I like is EasyFind. Whenever I trash an application, I use EasyFind to see if the app has left anything behind and usually they do. It shows where you can find the left over file and even has an option to send the file to trash or destroy it. What’s even better is it’s free.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:41:52 +0000

Thank you for tell me how to remove the antispam x4. It left behind an ophan too. Have you found anything that works on limiting the number of spams I receive? I have set up so many filters but they keep on comming. I receive spam on stocks and medical pills the most. Neither I am interested in.

Thanks again,

Lee

Oh yeah, Had a PC and had nothing but problems with system crashed etc.. since I purchased my mac, I have yet to have a system issue. It has been since OS X came out….I thing 5 or 6 years now. Great machines!

By: aral

aral — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:54:08 +0000

Hey Ozgur,

There are so many reasons. I wrote about it earlier (search for “mac” on this blog.) The biggest reason, though, is that I was really fed up with Windows — with constantly fighting with my PC and stressing out whenever I shut its lid (is it going to crash?)

I honestly haven’t been happier since I got this baby. It’s completely changed how I use my computer. Things just work. I love it!

By: ozgur

ozgur — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:19:56 +0000

Hi Aral. Have a question, but it is not really related to your article. I wonder the reason you swithed to a Mac. Is it because of Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system, Vista?

By: Email issues at Aral Balkan

Email issues at Aral Balkan — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:51:38 +0000

[...] Update: The problem was client-side and of my own making with a little help from my friend (and yours) Intego. Uninstalling the Intego Personal Antispam X4 plugin bundle for Mail.app apparently left behind a corrupted mail rule that was moving all received email to the Spam folder. It should be fixed now and I’ve recovered all the messages that were sent to me in the last day or so. [...]