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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Bad results from malware cleanup tools?

As there's already a wiki regarding cleanup tools, are there any tools that have given you negative results (i.e. made the system worse)?
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Do you need anti-virus software on a Windows Server?

Possible Duplicate: Do you run antivirus on your Windows servers? PRO: Additional security never hurts CON: slows down performance No way a virus can get on a server (unless you do web surfing there or install strange software) Cost another…
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Securing VPN access from users machines (home office)

We already have a couple of people working from home, accessing some internal servers via VPN. They're all using company provided laptops or PCs which we have complete control over. Now we're faced with more people wanting to do home office but…
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Are there any corporate antivirus solutions that are not license based?

Does anyone know of any corporate anti-virus solutions available for a Windows environment that is not license based? Everything I have ever seen is either client or user license based, plus the management software. I'm thinking along the lines of…
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Stand alone antivirus that'll work with Server 2008 and Terminal Services

Good morning, Ok, I'm looking for a good stand alone antivirus program that will work within Windows Server 2008 running Citrix/Terminal Services, without trying to deploy antivirus clients or trying to control the Terminal Services connections, it…
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Sophos Integration

We are a college within a major university and manage roughly 250 clients and are currently protected via updating from universities anit-virus server (Sophos). We are wanting to migrate to a system where we will be the ones that manage the clients…
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Free antivirus for windows 2003

What are some effective free antivirus solutions available for Windows Server 2003? I tried AVG 10.0 but it gave me an error.
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Forefront Client Security On Server with Exchange 2010

If we install Forefront Client Security on a Server which already has Forefront for Exchange 2010 is it smart enough to exclude all of the exchange directories/process/file extensions as suggested by this technet article…
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Windows Defender keeps closing up

I have a Windows 2003 server with Windows Defender installed and every time a start WD, after a few hours it just stops running, there's no entries in the event log about it or anything, I've scanned the server and is all clean, just can't figure…
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Anti-virus solution for Win CE devices?

Is there a corporate solution to maintain/update anti-virus software for WinCE devices? The security team is concerned about these devices connecting to the network and are requiring AV. A subquestion might be: is this a credible risk? I did find…
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Best antivirus comparison site

I am purchasing an anit-virus for a small network ( 10 servers about 15 workstations ), all windows at the moment. I have looked at a few anti-virus comparison sites, but many of them seem rather sketchy. Which anti-virus comparisons sites are the…
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Best Antivirus for Workstation today

would you tell me 3 antivirus programs and put them into TOP 3 list? Should i take Kaspersky, AVG, Avast, McAfee or Symantec? Thanks!
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Need help controlling viruses

I've recently noticed an increase of viruses on my systems. We employ CA eTrust 8.1 for antivirus and all users are "Domain Users", and thus should not have access to install any software on their computer. On random computer audits I've found…
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How to stop Symantec Endpoint from screwing up my internet connection proxy settings?

We have a Symantec Endpoint infrastructure in our organization. Also, the individual computers connect to the internet through a proxy server. Now, for some reason, the Endpoint client is repeatedly messing up the proxy address setting in explorer.…
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Infected Windows File Server, should we clean or wipe?

I'm troubleshooting a friend's Windows 2k3 file server (that I had setup for them a few weeks ago). It got infected by a tenga.gen virus and he's trying to clean it now but doesn't have a server anti-virus on hand. However, in the long run, would it…
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