I installed the software firewall GlowWorm on my G4 Powerbook running OS X 10.5.1. It hosed my system something fierce; don’t do it. Everything froze, and I had to cycle power to reset the machine. Subsequently the machine would not restart normally. I had to reboot in safe mode ( first time ever) and then uninstall GlowWorm. Fortunately, there was an uninstaller in /Library/Application Support/GlowWorm/utilities.
BTW, safe mode took about 15 minutes to come up, so give it time if you find yourself in this situation.
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Thanks for the hint, was just about to try it myself!
December 19, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Just tried to do what you did on 10.5.2. Same result. I was about to reinstall my system when I came across your post. Thanks!
February 21, 2008 @ 11:26 am
Elia,
I appreciate the comment. I am glad I could help.
drc
February 21, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
Same than Elia: desperately looking for a way to deinstall the ferking thing, grrr… :-< Thanks for your post and the info.
May 29, 2008 @ 9:22 am
Me too, I did the same mistake! Thanks for the help!
September 22, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
The developer clearly states that GlowWorm does NOT work with Leopard.
BTW, the same problem can occur with Little Snitch if you use AppleJack. Some errant kext file will kill your system.
Also, Apple advises against using Application Enhancer for the same startup reason.
November 5, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Evidently some people missed that warning.
November 6, 2008 @ 6:56 am