I have been seeing similar things happen on my network.
I would like to take this opportunity to poll the NAG on what other virus
solutions seem to work better/best.
The only requirements are that it allows for automatic updates and that it
works properly. A central administration console would be nice too, but is
not necessary.
Any input would be appreciated.
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Bryan Murphy
Computer/Network Coordinator
Plant Research Labs and Plant Biology
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On 6/28/05 12:08 PM, "Peter J Murray" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello
>
> The other day, I came across a slashdot article of all things about the
> Symantec/Veritas merger. A lot of comments inside seemed to complain
> about Symantec Antivirus quality, as in having problems in keeping
> viruses out, and it not picking up everything it should. That started
> me thinking, and then I realized that I did have some issues with
> Symantec Antivirus. For one, all of my machines are centrally managed
> through they Symantec system console, which doesn't work as well as it
> could, but the important part is that all the machines do have updated
> signatures. However, a virus, backdoor.hackdefender seems to be making
> its rounds on some of my systems, despite being fully patched with the
> windows firewall turned on, and being protected by SAV. One one of my
> machines, this same virus is detected upon each bootup by the filesystem
> realtime protection, however, a full scan of the machine reveals
> nothing. Again, this machine is fully patched and firewalled.
>
> As another test, I did a scan on some archived backup materials from a
> few years ago, and SAV did not find as nearly as many issues as the
> Trend Micro online scanner did.
>
> I'm starting to think that SAV may not be ideal.
>
> So, I'd like to know what others are using for their Anti Virus
> products, and their sucess with them, and if possible, how much you are
> paying. Also, what are you using for firewall products, if any. And
> lastly, I'd welcome any comments on what others are doing to protect
> their systems, such as any firewall solutions, etc, especially related
> to servers (Windows Servers primarily).
>
> Peter Murray
> James Madison
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