RE: [WinMac] Virus Protection for NT server and Win95 network


Doug Clements(doug_clements[at]eee.org)
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 16:12:45 -0700


I think our problem was that it wanted to reboot the machine after it did
it's update dance. We were looking for completely transparent upgrade
schemes (we have a fair percentage of clueless users) and it just wasn't
transparent enough. Oh well.

--Doug

>The AutoUpdate feature works fine for NT/95. You can set it from the
>"VirusScan Console" and just need to keep the zipped DAT update on a
>shared local drive. If your users have Internet acess through your
>network, it's also pretty painless to set it up to ftp from the McAffee
>site. I don't think there's a way to automate it on the Mac.
>
>VirusScan Mac will be phased out and replaced by Virex, as Network
>Associates flagship Mac Virus protection product. This is probably a
>good thing. Virex is a better program.
>
>Erik

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