I&#x27;ve lost weeks of my life to hacking around problems caused by antivirus software.<p>Oh, I got paid for the time, but which is more satisfying and looks better on my resume: &quot;Hacked around antivirus bugs&quot; or &quot;Built a cool and awesome feature&quot;? :-)<p>Here&#x27;s my previous rant on the topic with specific details:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10248084" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10248084</a><p>And a mention of one of the debugging techniques that was helpful here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10250001" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10250001</a>