RE: [WinMac] RE: Virus protection for NT Server 4.0

Subject: RE: [WinMac] RE: Virus protection for NT Server 4.0
From: Wilcox, Curtis (cwilcox[at]esm.rochester.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 16:17:12 EST

Is the scanning of Mac files on an NT server an unusual feature? I did some
looking on Symantec's site and while it doesn't say it does, it also doesn't
say it doesn't. The Virus Encyclopedia doesn't make a distinction between
virus definitions by platform which implies Norton AntiVirus for Windows
will catch Mac-specific viruses.

What interested me on the Sophos site was their Mac client.
http://www.sophos.com/products/software/antivirus/savmac.html

They seem to be describing a managed client for Mac. Has anyone used it? I'm
most familiar with Norton's managed client for Windows and their client for
Mac (7.0), how does Sophos compare? The things I like about the Symantec
managed client system are automated updates of the master server, pushed
definitions to clients, centralized control of AV client configuration, and
notification to server of events on the client.

For the Macs, we have to configure NAV's scheduling program to download the
updates which are interactive, leaving open the possibility of cancellation
by the user or the computer being off. On the server side, I had to write
custom scripts to download and unpack the liveupdate files to put on the ftp
server which serves the Macs. The updates come out only monthly, are large,
and aren't released consistently so half the time in the past six months
I've had to run the script by hand to get the updates. I'm interested to
hear if Sophos or anyone else has a program for the Mac which is closer to
what I enjoy with the Windows computers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Schwartz [mailto:Expresso@snip.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 1:40 PM
> To: #WinMac Mailing List
> Subject: [WinMac] RE: Virus protection for NT Server 4.0
>
>
>
> Sophos SWEEP is the best stuff going; plus it's
> cross-platform: If you store
> Mac files on your NT server it will detect virii & clean them up, too.
> <http://www.sophos.com>
>
> Cheers!
> Dan
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: kramizeh@pilot.msu.edu [mailto:kramizeh@pilot.msu.edu]
> >Subject: Virus protection for NT Server 4.0
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> > We just set up an NT 4.0 sever with IIS and immediately got
> >infected with the nimda or code red virus. What virus software will
> >run on NT 4.0 server or Windows 2000 server (not workstation). We're
> >getting feedback that workstation versions of Nortons won't do the
> >job. Thanks. MVK
> >--
> >Michael V. Kramizeh

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