We have one virus scanner on the firewall, a different one for Exchange and a third for the OS. Hopefully somewhere along the line the virus should be zapped by one or more of our virus scanners.
> What it can't do is protect us from users with hotmail > accounts, etc. Two > users last week launched Goner from their hotmail and MSN > accounts, thereby > infecting the firm. Because of MIMESweeper nobody else was > infected, but > still. > > We're considering putting WebSweeper on the same box as > MIMESweeper. I > expect we'll make a decision within the next two or three weeks. > > We also use NAV Corporate Edition on the desktop. Fantastic > management > capabilities but Symantec tends to be late to the party with their > definitions. They had defs for Goner by noon but didn't tell > anyone. I > found out through this list (thank you, Barry). > > -----Original Message----- > From: BY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:31 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Email Virus Protection > > > Hello Group, > > If you have a choice as an Exchange Administrator, would you prefer to > protect your Exchange environment by installing an e-mail > filtering product > (gateway) at the DMZ area instead of installing an anti-virus > mail product > on the machine running Exchange Server? I prefer an gateway > solution because > I have no confident to complicate my Exchange environment if > possible. It > seems to me that sometimes Exchange cannot get along well with these > products. > > By doing that, do you think I would be able to filter both > incoming and > outgoing mails from virus infection? > > According to my last year's investigation, Trendmicro was the highly > recommended one to be running on Exchange server. Is this > still the case? I > am reviewing the solution again since the management is ready > now. I would > also appreciate your recommendation which e-mail filtering > product you like. > > Also, if budget is an issue, should I introduce an antivirus > product for > Exchange Server or an e-mail filtering gateway product ? > > Thank you for your contribution. > > BY > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- > *-*-*-*-*-*-*- > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- > *-*-*-*-*-*-*- > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- > The information transmitted is intended only for the person > or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other > use of, or > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If > you receive > this email in error, please immediately notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
