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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Windows Share Meltdown, Unexplainable

I am having precisely the exact symptoms on my server as is described in this article. This includes statements that the specified network name is no longer available and RPC Server is too busy to process the request However, The prescribed…
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Which is wrong: emailing links that only work once, or a virus scanner that visits links?

I ran into an interesting bug today. I was trying to update my address on a mailing list, and it sent an email to the new address, with a unique URL that I was supposed to visit to confirm my request. However, when I clicked it, I received an…
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Strange ports on default install of W7

I have a base new install of windows 7, and when I went to look for something else I saw the attached netstat output. What concerns me is that this is Windows + Truecrypt + drivers, nothing else installed. The sequential high ranged ports belonging…
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Drowning in Norton Endpoint Protection virus definition files

I've been noticing that my 40 GB C: drive on the Windows 2008 Server keeps getting filled up. After investigation I found that this is a known issue with SEP described in article TECH180056 on symantec websit: Article URL…
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Does anybody actually run antivirus software on linux servers?

Running about 10 servers all CentOS 6.3. Some servers are web role (nginx, php-fpm, node.js), others are database (MySQL, MongoDB). Do people actually run antivirus software on their linux servers? If so, which antivirus software is recommend? Also,…
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Running Norton Internet Security 2009 from command line

I'd like to be able to run Norton Internet Security 2009 from the command line and have the status of that scan set the errorlevel in Windows. With older versions, you could so something like this: navw32 /S /NORESULTS PathToScan The "2009" version…
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Updating Mcafee Group Shield on Exchange Server

So I don't actually have a problem yet, but I might. You see my fathers company have 10 computers and an exchange server with Mcafee Group Shield. lately they've had issues with mails from customers being blocked. I found both the problem and the…
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Windows Defender Commercial Use

has anybody had any experience with using this program in a business?
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How do I set Microsoft Security Essentials to always ask before taking any action?

How do I set the antivirus known as Microsoft Security Essentials to always ask before taking any action? I'm paranoid after dealing with Norton's ridiculous false positive rate. I don't need any AV but corporate policy requires me to have one.
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antivirus gateway such as sonicwall any use?

We have users who frequently get virus/spyware such as fake antivirus spyware on their win7 machines. They have admin access to their machines, and that's not going to change. Desktop installed antivirus software such as microsoft security…
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Symantec AntiVirus virus definitions file version date is not updating

I'm keeping tabs on a remote sever that is running Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Server 10.1.7.7001. About a month ago, the Virus Definition File version date stopped updating and hasn't updated since - 3/26/2012 rev. 2. The automatic update has…
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Sophos Enterprise Console 4.5, Mac Client 7 Not Auto-Populating SEC Info

I have Sophos Endpoint Security and Control, which includes Sophos Enterprise Console (SEC). I'm currently running version 4.5 of SEC, which is an older version. I subscribe to Mac updates, and SEC generates a binary Mac installer for me to use on…
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Avg AntiVirus Professional Scalability?

With the Network editions of AVG Anti virus for business, how well does it scale? How many users can it support on one network? I have heard a few stories of business's with about 3000 computers under their administration and the avg administration…
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Active Directory and Antivirus

I am looking for an antivirus program (preferably free) to roll out into an Active Directory office environment. I would like to be able to update and alter settings for this program (on each machine) via Active Directory so as to not give them all…
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Kaspersky slows down the clients. How do i find the real cause?

At my work, we have 15 client pc's with Windows 7. As it turned out. Kaspersky slows down each pc. The Problem started couple days ago. And for example, when i click on Computer -> properties -> change settings . It takes 20 seconds to pop-up the…
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