RE: Real Time Antivirus on workstations

From: Christopher Carpenter (ccarpenter_at_dswa.net)
Date: 11/21/05

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To: "aj rembert" <ajrembert.samscreen@gmail.com>, "Depp, Dennis M." <deppdm@ornl.gov>

    I haven't used Norton GoBack (and the website is short on details), but
    I'm assuming it's similar to Microsoft's System Restore. If you set a
    real-time antivirus program to scan only on writes, then resource
    utilization would probably approach that of GoBack.

    From another perspective, what happens if a virus decides to overwrite
    the GoBack file archive? Food for thought, I guess.

    Chris

    -----Original Message-----
    From: aj rembert [mailto:ajrembert.samscreen@gmail.com]
    Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 6:07 AM
    To: Depp, Dennis M.
    Cc: Thierry Zoller; george.peek@gmx.net;
    security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Real Time Antivirus on workstations

    Currently we have 10 workstations setup in our intranet, none if them
    with the resources required to handle applications such as Norton
    Antivirus's autoprotect and so on. I was debating on whether or not I
    should disable autoprotect and simply using Norton GoBack since I
    believe even if a virus is downloaded it would replace any altered
    files back to their original state, or recommend upgrading some of the
    hardware that is currently performing at sub standard levels. Any
    ideas would be appreciated.
    Regards,
    Andre Rembert

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