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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Antivirus for OS X and/or Linux?

What antivirus solutions would you recommend for OS X and Linux desktops? Is antivirus software even necessary?
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Scan the full filesystem in parallel with clamscan

I run a clamav scan weekly on my servers. There is one server with a raid6 cluster of 30TB of disk space where the scan take more than 24h to run. So I wonder how can I run clamscan on the whole filesystem, taking advantage of the several cores the…
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Windows 10 Notification Bug – Check Virus Protection

I have a bit of an issue on a Windows 10 Pro Machine on the Anniversary update with Trend Micro Installed. For some unknown reason I get this popup about every 5 minutes up to a total of about 200+ times per day: Error Message In Action…
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Network boot of Windows Defender Offline will not update

I have been working on configuring a network bootable virus removal suite, and I am using the Windows Defender WinPE iso generated from using this 64-bit tool. The tool downloads and creates an ISO for you. I extract the ISO in order to get the…
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Realtime antivirus software for Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft's Forefront Client Security doesn't install on Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm talking specifically about FCS without update server that updates via Windows Update: clientsetup /nomom This installation doesn't work on a server operating…
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Best Network Antivirus for Windows XP

I'm maintaining around 10 PC's with Windows XP as their Operating System. Currently we're using antivirus within each PC. Now I want to upgrade our antivirus. I'm searching antivirus with these criteria Network based Beside virus, can handle worm,…
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What should be excluded from a virus scan on a Microsoft based server (IIS, MSSQL, etc.)?

I want to keep antivirus software from affecting performance on a TFS installation -- what should be excluded from antivirus scanning? IIS? MSSQL? Am I opening myself up for possible attacks by excluding these? I've seen some recommendations that…
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How to scan only last 24 hours files with clamav

I've create a bash script to scan whole server for virus via clamav. The script has been running via cron every night. Because of this I want to scan only the files that has been added last 24 hours. For now I am using this command in my…
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Kaspersky processing error Explorer.exe (recycle bin)

I get daily critical errors from Kaspersky involving Explorer.exe... The file in question is almost always in the Recycle Bin, or something on the desktop. Here is an example error detail: Event type: Processing error Application\Name: …
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Easiest way to get MS Security Essentials to run for people who turn off their computers?

All the employees at my work shutdown their Windows 7 computers (iMacs running BootCamp) when they leave work. This ends up with people having MS Security Essentials say their computer is at risk, due to not having been scanned recently. Is there a…
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What is a good SharePoint 2007 anti-virus solution?

What real-world experiences have you had with SharePoint anti-virus products? Are there any that should be avoided? So far I have had Microsoft Forefront recommended but that's it. Thanks for your help!
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Should i install an antivirus on my windows 2008 server?

Just bought a new windows 2008 server and i set there some of our websites, the windows firewall is running, should i install an antivirus? and which one you recommend?
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How to audit security on Remote Employees' PCs?

We have several remote developers who are working on our code and have access to our FTP server. Recently someone copied an infected file to the FTP server and virus spread throughout the whole FTP server. We can't install antivirus on the FTP…
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Securing Internet and E-mail in small corporate environment

Our company is having a real problem with spam, phishing, and sophisticated viruses (ones that are brand new at time of first download, and not recognized by any virus scanners for at least a few hours after being downloaded, sometimes days). We…
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Automated tool to remove symantec AV

I need a tool to automatically remove Symantec AV (~v10.0) from desktops when the uninstall password is not known or the install is corrupt. I know some AV products will do this for you if they can (Trend sometimes) but in other cases it would be…
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