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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Is it safe to purge %WinDir%\assembly\NativeImages*\Temp\?

On my Windows Server 2008 R2 (SBS 2011) i have found more than 25 GB of files that seem to be junk: %WinDir%\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_32\Temp\ - 6.9 GB (656 files in 675 folders) %WinDir%\assembly\NativeImages_v2.0.50727_64\Temp\ - 18.5 GB…
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What is the difference between Windows Defender and Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool?

Why does Windows Vista have two programs to remove viruses: Windows Defender and Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT)
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MsMpEng.exe high CPU usage on Windows Server 2012

We have a Windows Server 2012 installation that we use as an internal web server. Most HTTP requests are very slow on this machine (about 15 seconds for a simple ASP.NET WebAPI request). We noticed that during a request, the process MsMpEng.exe's…
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Should I install an AV product on my domain controllers?

Should I run a server-specific antivirus, regular antivirus, or no antivirus at all on my servers, particularly my Domain Controllers? Here's some background about why I'm asking this question: I've never questioned that antivirus software should…
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What Anti-Virus for Windows Server?

I've been using AVG for my Windows 2003 Server boxes for the past few years. The subscription is about to expire and I'm wondering if there is something better with a similar price range. I believe I paid $150 for a 2 year 2 server license. What…
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Windows Defender- good or bad?

Anyone have any experience with Windows Defender? Is it a replacement for antivirus software or something else to run alongside? We are looking for something that isnt as bloated as McAfee 8.5i.
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Enterprise anti-virus recommendations and experiences

What do you use or recommend for an enterprise anti-virus solution? Please include your good and bad experiences; they're valuable information for others considering solutions. Please be specific about versions, some products have improved or not…
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Is it safe to disable clamd?

Clamd is taking up about 5% of my memory (2GB) on my dedicated server (running linux) and I'm wondering if I can disable it without any security risks. The server just hosts a few of my own websites. For the most part, email received and sent is…
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Do I need an antivirus program in each virtual machine?

I have a 2012 R2 Hyper-V host running System center endpoint protection. There are two virtual windows servers being hosted by it. I have all .vhdx drives in a folder on d:/server/ Can I trust the antivirus to scan these files and find viruses or do…
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A list of Windows rootkit detection and removal tools

A list of rootkit detection and/or removal tools from publicly trusted sources: Name, Vendor, Latest release RootkitRevealer, Sysinternals, November 1 2006 Rootkit Unhooker, ep_x0ff (now working at Microsoft according to Rootkit.com), December…
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Do you run antivirus in mail server?

Considering a normal e-mail volume (I don't know how can I define that) of 10000 users in a mail server does it make sense to scan emails for viruses? I guess it should affect the server load but in what extend? Desired answer should include…
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Searching nearly free Security-Solution for School-Computer-Network

I am currently searching a (if possible completely free security-solution for a Computer-Network of a really small private School in the USA. The Infrastructure: Currently the school has one Server running Windows Server 2003 Small Business Version…
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Is it possible to check the progress of of a currently running clamAV scan?

I have searched around but not found a possible solution to this so far. I have an ongoing scan which I thought would've been finished at certain time, but unfortunately it has not. So I am wondering if there's a way to check the scan progress of…
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Free (open) linux antivirus

Does anybody know any good free or open source Clam alternative? Updete: There is good list at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software of course.
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Strange IIS hits originating from Trend Micro

I'm trying to trace thru an error on a extranet site I maintain. I've had a look thru the logs, and I'm seeing hits originate from these IP…
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