Questions tagged [anti-virus]

Antivirus is software used to prevent, detect and remove malware.

Antivirus is software used to prevent, detect and remove malware.

Malware is defined as any software application which subverts the will of the legitimate owner of a computer, by means of force or subterfuge, with or without personal or monetary gain on the part of the creator. Some common malware types are viruses, adware, backdoors, malicious BHOs, dialers, hijackers, keyloggers, rootkits, spyware, trojan horses and worms.

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Does Norton Antivirus 11 for Mac OS X pull signature updates as deltas?

I manage a Mac OS X (Leopard), laptop that has Norton Antivirus 11 installed. Whenever LiveUpdate executes, it proceeds to pull down a sig database of approx. 30 MB. Does anyone know why the updates aren't smaller ? I would've expected that…
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cgpav not scanning in CommuniGate Pro

I have setup cgpav and cgpsa. Spamassassin works fine - the cgpav filter seems to run, cgpro log files just show OK when it receives an email with a known virus (eicar test virus), however, if run cgpav from the command prompt, the actual filter,…
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Recurring virus infection on a domain workstation

One of our users is having a recurring problem with a virus. It has happened to this user on two different machines, in each instance infecting the same program with the same virus. Malware bytes detects the malware, and yesterday I cleaned the…
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Do I need anti-virus on a Rackspace dedicated/managed web and database (Linux) server?

I am working with Rackspace (but this applies to any good host provider) to configure a Red Hat Linux web and database server. Both machines are dedicated to us and managed by Rackspace. Rackspace asked if we wanted Sophos antivirus on our machines…
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How do I specify clamd's IP address when using clamdscan?

I set up a separate host for clamd to handle virus-scanning, and I want to test it before putting it in production. Now, while MailScanner's configuration for remote clamd is clear and simple, I can't find any information on how to do that with…
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What is "ndptsp.tsp"?

Sophos Anti-Rootkit tells me that on one of our web servers, there is an "unknown hidden file" ndptsp.tsp: Area: Local hard drives Description: Unknown hidden file Location: C:\Windows\System32\ndptsp.tsp Removable: Yes (but clean up…
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Server-side antivirus

We're looking for some sort of antivirus for a server running Linux and can't seem to find a decent one that runs server-side. And by serverside I mean that it could run as a daemon instead of having to start up and execute for every file that we…
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Which free antivirus can I use for a php application?

I need to analyze the files uploaded to my site. What options do I have? I'm in a dedicated, so I can install things on Linux. Is it normal for a site to analyze every file uploaded? Can this be done fast (eg: right after the file is uploaded), or…
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Should I run an antivirus program inside Windows VMs?

We have several Windows VMs (all user editions, no server editions). We install virus scanners inside the VMs to protect them from users. The real-time file scanning kills I/O performance inside the VM though (I see disk access times spike to 2000ms…
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How do I setup Symantec Endpoint Protection Server to work on a standalone network?

I have Symantec Endpoint Protection (ver 11) on a standalone network that will not have access to the internet. I need to burn updates on CDRs and move them to this network. I need to know: Where do I download the latest updates How exactly do I…
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Best anti-spam & anti-virus solution

We are looking for the best anti-spam and anti-virus solution to protect a multi-tenented Exchange 2010 system with 500 mailboxes (upgrading to 750 soon). We are looking at the Barracuda 400 boxes, any good?
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addthis_widget detected as virus

We use sunbelts VIPRE enterprise systems, and I was alerted to almost every computer in the company having this and being quarantined. Is anyone familiar with addthis_widget.js. It detects it as a trojan.js.redirector.bg , I'm not sure if this is a…
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Permission problems with Clamfs

been trying to get clamfs working on Ubuntu 10.4. It seems like everything is working, clamfs locates infected files and prevents me from opening these. But I am having permission troubles with a share that I have created. My folder structure looks…
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Server side url scanner for malware, spyware , viruses and protect my visitors

I have a forum/groups site that contains a lot of external URLs, sometimes direct download links. I want to protect my visitors from possible attacks from malware sites as they are mot likely to click on these links. CUrrently I implement DBL…
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Test Email Virus Protection

This is kind of an odd question, but what is a good way to test the virus protection on my Exchange 2003 server? Sounds kind of odd, and I really don't want to infect anything accidentally if it doesn't work... I am running McAfee Security Service…
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