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: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 17:53:07 EST

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perbix, Michael [mailto:PERBIX@lmsd.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:08 AM
> To: 'winmac@iffy.com'
> Subject: RE: [WinMac] RE: Virus protection for NT Server 4.0
>
>
> Here is our setup for those curious...
>
> We are running Virex 6.1 on all Mac clients. This is set to
> eupdate every
> month from an internal FTP server that I download the current
> monthly file
> to.

That sounds a lot like our setup for Macs with Norton AV. What if the Mac is
off at the day/time the update is supposed to happen? With Norton's
LiveUpdate, if you miss the time, it doesn't happen.

> > Wilcox, Curtis wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> > >
> > > Subject:
> > >
> > > RE: [WinMac] RE: Virus protection for NT Server 4.0
> > > From:
> > >
> > > "Wilcox, Curtis" <cwilcox@esm.rochester.edu>
> > > Date:
> > >
> > > Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:17:12 -0500
> > > To:
> > >
> > > "'winmac@iffy.com'" <winmac@iffy.com>
> > >
> > > To:
> > >
> > > "'winmac@iffy.com'" <winmac@iffy.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.

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