Re: Virus protection
From: Scott Harding - MS MVP (scrockel_at_**NO_SPAM**hotmail.com)
Date: 08/30/04
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:14:41 -0700
This is the problem with all Virus Scanners. They are reactive, meaning they
don't fix virus's until they know about them. There is no way around this.
This is the nature of the beast. Typically when new virus's come out the AV
companies release an update within a day or so. All you can do is make sure
your removing the appropriate type's of emails from coming into your network
and keep your systems patched and up to date. I use a email scanner on my
Exchange server to remove the typical kind of virus files(exe, com, bad,
vbs, pif, zip, etc......). But really this is a huge problem but I don't
know what else to suggest except to stay on top of your updates and keep an
eye out for new virus's so at least you'll know what to be looking for until
your AV people can come up with a fix.
-- Scott Harding MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+ Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server "halve" <halve27@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:5beb0f9e.0408301219.60aa61d4@posting.google.com... > I manage about 500 xp machines, which are running Symantec enterprise > that points to a windows 2003 box running the enterprise service. I > have the server checking for virus updates every hour and pushing them > out to the clients when they are available. The problem I am noticing > is that when viruses are released onto the net it takes Symantec some > time to develop a definition to protect the machines. In my eyes that > means there is a point where my network is vunrable to mail born > viruses and what not. Is there any other type of virus protection, > maybe somthing that fingerprints packets at the switch level? What do > other large companies do to protect there network? Other than go to a > different operating system. > > Thank you > > Halve
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