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Noozer
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject:
Free AV that runs on Win2K or Win2K3 server (and works) |
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Are there any free (or inexpensive) Antivirus products out there that work
on Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server and actually work?
I'm running Norton(Symantec) on our server right now and it isn't finding
any viruses, yet when I use files at my workstation, AVG is finding viruses.
Unfortunately AVG won't scan a network drive so there's no way I can
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lazyadmin
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject:
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Last I checked AVG works on 2000 and 2003 servers. I use it when i need an
AV app for a VMware machine.
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Rod
http://thelazyadmin.com
"Noozer" <dontspam@me.here> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Are there any free (or inexpensive) Antivirus products out there that work
on Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server and actually work?
I'm running Norton(Symantec) on our server right now and it isn't finding
any viruses, yet when I use files at my workstation, AVG is finding
viruses.
Unfortunately AVG won't scan a network drive so there's no way I can
identify the infected files on my server.
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Herb Martin
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject:
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"Noozer" <dontspam@me.here> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Are there any free (or inexpensive) Antivirus products out there that work
on Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server and actually work?
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FProtect is not free but it really works as well as
any of the expensive products and is very cheap,
especially if you have more than a couple of machines
to protect.
For 10 servers or workstations it is about $50 per
year, and gets cheaper as volume increases.
| Quote: | I'm running Norton(Symantec) on our server right now and it isn't finding
any viruses, yet when I use files at my workstation, AVG is finding
viruses.
Unfortunately AVG won't scan a network drive so there's no way I can
identify the infected files on my server.
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I stopped using NAV when they started charging
differently for the server product.
Norton AntiVirus had long disturbed me since I
have seen more machines damage (made unbootable
or unusuble, or operate erratically) by it than I had
seen virus infections.
FProt is cheap, works, and doesn't interfere with
the system obnoxiously.
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Herb Martin
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Noozer
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Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:42 am Post subject:
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Nope... AVG refuses to install on Win 2003 Server. Just tried again to be
sure.
"lazyadmin" <admin@thelazyadmin.com.nospam> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Last I checked AVG works on 2000 and 2003 servers. I use it when i need
an
AV app for a VMware machine.
"Noozer" <dontspam@me.here> wrote in message
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Are there any free (or inexpensive) Antivirus products out there that
work
on Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server and actually work?
I'm running Norton(Symantec) on our server right now and it isn't
finding
any viruses, yet when I use files at my workstation, AVG is finding
viruses.
Unfortunately AVG won't scan a network drive so there's no way I can
identify the infected files on my server. |
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Andrew Morton
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject:
Re: Free AV that runs on Win2K or Win2K3 server (and works) |
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Noozer wrote:
| Quote: | Nope... AVG refuses to install on Win 2003 Server. Just tried again
to be sure.
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Even the server version of AVG?
Andrew |
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Herb Martin
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:
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"Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Noozer wrote:
Nope... AVG refuses to install on Win 2003 Server. Just tried again
to be sure.
Even the server version of AVG?
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FProtect remains so cheap (for more than a couple)
of machines as to be nearly free -- works as well
as the "big names", runs on Server, and doesn't
screw up the machine intrusively.
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Herb Martin
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Macca
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject:
Re: Free AV that runs on Win2K or Win2K3 server (and works) |
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Hi Noozer,
You might like to consider the regularity of your definition updates for
symantec AV.
If you are simply using the LiveUpdate module, then you are likely to be
about a week out of date with your AV defs. A better approach is to use
a script to update the virus definitions.
This process is documented for Symantec AV here:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/pfdocs/2002091816510548?Open
Note that the script provided uses active FTP (or more accurately, the
windows ftp client uses active ftp by default), a better solution is to
write a batch file using a freely available FTP client (such as ncftp)
to use passive mode.
Here's one I prepared earlier:
savDefUpd.cmd
D:
cd \
ncftpget
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/norton_antivirus/static/symcdefsi32.exe
symcdefsi32.exe /extract "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec
Shared\VirusDefs\incoming"
del symcdefsi32.exe
regards,
MacLeonard |
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