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NOD 32 Comments

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l duynslager <[log in to unmask]>

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l duynslager <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:05:23 -0400

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From my experience, I've been able to change/create configurations in a
couple of ways pretty easily, with the latest versions of NOD and the Remote
Adminstrator Console / Configuration Editor.

The new version allows you to export the configuration to an xml file
directly from NOD 32.   You can then tweak the configuration in the
configuration editor if you want to.

If you put this configuration file in the same directory that you're doing
the install from it applies this configuration to the client you're
installing it to.  The config file has to have the right name for this to
work.  

You can set up Nod for updates using multiple profiles, right from your
update server and / and if that doesn't work  to get updates from one of
Esets servers, so when your users take the laptops off of the campus they
can contact an update server and get the updates and stay current.

The latest version of Nod also includes a module that verifies that your
windows client has the latest critical updates too.  This notification is
given to the user and is displayed at the remote console, so this is a good
backup to verify your patching methods are working.

I've used their knowledge base articles and documentation to configure these
things and it seemed to be short and to the point to accomplish the tasks
that I needed to do.

The only other thing that I can say is I wish that technical support
response was a little more timely.   They seem to take a day to get back
with you when you post a question on their online form



LD

> From: Chris Wolf <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Chris Wolf <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:42:16 -0400
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Enterprise antivirus / anti-malware
> 
> For those of you using NOD32, what version are you using? We're still on
> version 2.7 and wondering if they have improved the documentation and
> management since then. The procedures required in its console for creating
> "packages" and configuration files seem extremely awkward and are made worse
> by unintuitive operation and incomprehensible documentation.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MSU Network Administrators Group
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Johnston
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:56 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Enterprise antivirus / anti-malware
>> 
>> I would second Laurence's assessment. We too use a
>> combination of NOD32, Defender, Spybot S&D, and Spyware Blaster.
>> 
>> John Johnston
>> 
>> Laurence Bates wrote:
>>> 
>>> I wish that there were a simple solution to this problem
>> but my sense 
>>> is that none of the current products do a good enough job on their
>>> own. We always run NOD32 (for its simplicity) and Windows
>> Defender for 
>>> its notification of new events like pending registry
>> changes. On some
>>> machines we also run the free versions of Spybot Search and Destroy
>>> (for its adware detection) and PrevX for its detection of rootkits.
>>> 
>>> Laurence Bates
>>> 
>>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --
>>> 
>>> *From:* MSU Network Administrators Group
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> *On Behalf Of *Hoort, Brian
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:00 PM
>>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>>> *Subject:* [MSUNAG] Enterprise antivirus / anti-malware
>>> 
>>> Greetings:
>>> 
>>> We're considering switching centrally managed anti-virus,
>> again. For 
>>> years we used Symantec/Norton Corporate Edition. Our
>> complaints with 
>>> it in the past were that it was bloated, and it was becoming less
>>> effective at detecting modern threats. (I suspect this is
>> still true 
>>> to some degree). Worst of all it would get hung up on
>> updates and stop
>>> getting definitions, requiring manual intervention by a technician.
>>> Currently we're using NOD32. While it's client is slim and trim,
>>> detection of recent threats has also been lacking, and the
>>> documentation is poor, seemingly a translation from another
>> language.
>>> I've read that Norton was rewritten for the current version
>> and that 
>>> it has been reviewed rather highly. Of course these reviews are
>>> focused on the consumer product.
>>> 
>>> Question 1: For those of you currently using Symantec
>> Norton Corporate
>>> Edition, would you recommend the new version? Is it still getting
>>> hung-up on definitions updates?
>>> 
>>> Similarly, I'm wondering what you folks think of all-in-one
>> products 
>>> vs. a mixture. The products which I've used in the past that
>>> originated as anti-virus, signature-based products have done poorly
>>> with new threats (AntiVirus 2009 scareware, etc.). One thought I've
>>> tossed around is running an anti-virus and a dedicated
>> anti-mal-ware 
>>> (e.g. PrevX, MalWareBytes etc.).
>>> 
>>> Question 2: Are any of you running multiple products for anti-virus
>>> and anti-malware? Which ones? How's that working for you?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your time.
>>> 
>>> Brian Hoort
>>> 
>>> Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics' Computer
>>> Service
>>> 
>>> Michigan State University
>>> 
>>> (517) 355-4701
>>> 
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> 
>>> Skype: brian_hoort
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

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