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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Best Open Source or Freeware Malware/Spyware/Antivirus with centralized management?

What are the best Malware/Spyware/Antivirus solutions? Several requirements for the solution: Open Source or Freeware Centralized Management Reporting and Remote Installation Think spybot / malwarebytes / highjackthis for business. I am not…
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Is testing every Anti-Virus definition before deployment feasible?

With the recent problems that McAfee customers have had over the last week there has been lots of opinion that not only should the AV vendors have better testing but customers should test AV signatures before deploying. Is this feasible? If you are…
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Comparison of Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Detection and Antivirus Technologies in Organizational Network Architecture

in these days i'm reading about intrusion prevention/detection systems.When reading i really confused in some points. First, the firewall and antivirus technologies are known terms for years, however now IDS becomes popular. My question…
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Should I upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Protection?

I'm the IT manager at an animal shelter in Upstate New York. We have a Windows network with about 50 desktops running Windows XP Pro. We used to use CA eTrust Antivirus, but that product didn't work too well (too many infections got through). …
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Recommended Mac anti-virus client

What anti-virus client do you recommend for Macs used in an office setting? (I am not asking if you should run AV on Mac, I'm asking for client recommendations.) Candidates: Sophos ClamxAV Others?
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Using Windows Defender on Windows Server 2012R2 & 2016

We have to renew our Anti-Virus licensing with McAffee. However, we only have a handful of Windows Servers (2012R2 & 2016) that are running as a DC, Exchange, Backup and File server. Would it be a good idea to use Windows Defender on all servers…
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Trying to update windows defender from UNC path continuously fails

I'm trying to update Windows Defender (on Win 10) using definistions stored on a UNC path. I'm setting the path the the mpam-fe.exe file like this Set-MpPreference -SignatureDefinitionUpdateFileSharesSources \\path\to\mpam.exe Then I'm running…
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Stop Sophos trying to update immediately after login

All of our corporate PCs have Sophos installed, but we're getting complaints about slow network speed and boot times from the users. We've tracked this down to Sophos checking for updates as soon as the user logs in - the checking process eats…
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How can I get Windows to forget it had antivirus installed?

We purchased a networking and software solution for PCI compliance: TrustWave. We started to install the antivirus but realized that it was not required on the machines it was being installed on and wanted to install a different solution. The…
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System-wide virus scans in Ubuntu?

I installed ClamAV (clamav-daemon and clamav-freshclam) in order to set up a policy of regularly scanning my LTSP thin client setup for Windows viruses. Currently, we have a variety of users, each with their own group. All files in their home…
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Should I install AntiVirus software on a Windows web server?

Possible Duplicate: Do you run antivirus on your Windows servers? I see a couple of existing questions on this with apposing viewpoints: Do you run antivirus on your Windows servers? Should I install antivirus into windows server 2008? For a…
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Linux Malware Detection Monitoring: Clean files after hit

I'm using LMD ("Maldet") for scanning a web server with different projects. For this purpose I'm using the inotify-monitoring. Well, the inotify-log shows, that the modified files are noticed, but I guess the filtering fails, because bad scripts are…
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SCCM 2012 Software Update role - Can I still use WSUS?

I manage a network of about 1200 workstations and about 200 or so servers. We have migrated away from McAfee in favor of System Center Endpoint Protection for our corporate Anti-Malware solution. Currently, the policy is set to update directly…
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mcafee local automatic update

I'm working in a intranet with 50 machines and I'd like to set up mcafee to have each machine update its engine et virus definitions on a local FTP. How to set up this configuration and what are the files to download from mcafee website to put on…
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Windows updates, Anti-virus updates for Air gapped hosts

I just took over as an admin for a network that uses corporate imaged hosts, to manage various special purpose machines. These hosts directly connect to the equipment they are managing via Serial or ethernet(cross-ver), with absolutely no internet…
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