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Antivirus Shenanigans, Part 87655 Sunday, August 19, 2018
This isn’t the first time Antivirus programs have caused problems for us, and it won’t be the last. But, if you’re using Sophos Antivirus and are seeing the error
| 05:21:41 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Blessing OS X System Folder
| 05:21:41 PM | Error | umount(/private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/bless.5cmA): Resource busy -- try 'diskutil unmount'
| 05:21:41 PM | Error | /sbin/umount returned non-0 exit status
the problem is that Sophos’ “Anti-Ransomware” module is preventing macOS’s bless tool from working.
This is just another example of Antivirus programs trying to “help” but, in the end, making a system less reliable in an obscure, confusing way.
My guess is that it’s actively scanning the Preboot volume that bless has mounted in order to properly set up things for boot, and thus vetoes the ejection of that volume when bless tries to eject it.
One of the fundamental jobs of an antivirus tool is to not break basic system functionality while doing its thing. At least in its current release, Sophos’ Anti-Ransomware feature fails at that task. If you’re using it, and you’re getting errors, you’ll have to turn that feature off until they fix their bug.
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