NOD has an admin console very similar to ePO and the others. (does anyone NOT have a console now days?) Works very nicely to see everything that is happening throughout your LAN and WAN virus-wise.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:07 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Anti-virus protection in domain enviroment My 1 cent. I should go back to lurking...but... when choosing your a/v solution there's something to check on... some of the a/v vendors have historically needed admin rights to update or have had vulnerabilities themselves. Might be something to investigate and consider when chosing an a/v ...especially on a DC. In my own historical issues with Trend, the OfficeProtect dat file upgrade to XP sp2 wasn't properly 'vetted" and flatlined my workstations and last I heard cost Trend $8 mil in lost sales. They've also had a security vulnerability patched somewhat recently. Epo's had their issues as well.... http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/21839 ISS X-Force Database: epolicy-msde-obtain-password(12787): ePolicy Orchestrator could allow an attacker to obtain MSDE SA password: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/12787 ISS X-Force Database: epolicy-execute-commands(14166): ePolicy Orchestrator command execution: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/14166 Al Garrett wrote: > My 2 cents... > EpO has worked outstanding for us. > Does inventory reports, finds "rogues", demonstrates to pointy-haired > bosses how many infections are avoided and how dangerous it is "out > there." > Combined with CommTouch Anti-Spam solution. > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 04, 2005 8:36 AM > *To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > *Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] Anti-virus protection in domain enviroment > > Just to add a little to what Phil says: > > When I last used ePO I found that possibly the most useful feature > was the reporting aspect. This allows you (amongst others) to > assess which viruses were found in the environment and therefore > what action if any needs to be taken to prevent further infection. > > Most organisations don't have any idea how many infections they > suffer from or how regularly the infections occur. A tool such as > ePO can help in this area quite significantly. [it's also a handy > management tool which helps justify the ongoing AV costs :) ] > > neil > > > *___________________________* > *Neil Ruston* > Global Technology Infrastructure > Nomura International plc > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Phil Renouf > *Sent:* 04 October 2005 16:10 > *To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > *Subject:* Re: [ActiveDir] Anti-virus protection in domain enviroment > > Take a look at this article, it should give you the information > you need to configure Antivirus on your DC's: > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/822158 > > I don't have any experience running NOD32 on anything :) > > As for clients, most environments I have been in use a product > similar to McAfee's EPO to centrally manage all the AV agents on > the desktop to make sure they are configured to the corporate > standard and that they have up to date scan engines and DAT files. > > Phil > > > On 10/4/05, *Boris Demirov* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hello everybody, > I got some questions about the anti-virus protection of a > domain controller > and the domain environment: > > In my opinion the best AV program for the moment is NOD32 - I > am using it > successfully on many workstations, but I am not quite sure how > it will act on > a DC. 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