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If I might comment, check the info on it at
McAfee. You may have been one of the lucky few to have received a brand
new virus. occasionally a new virus will hit the on line community just
after the new virus profiles (dats) are published by anyone of the leading
anti-virus software makers. If that happens there is a delay while the
virus is detected, analyzed, and a solution is developed. The local
community college got hit that way by the SirCAM virus and in three days their
anti-virus software vender had a solution. Unfortunately for them, in
three days the virus was spread through out their network and the personal
PCs/networks of the staff, faculty and student body. All of the major
anti-virus companies have a cut off for what goes into any given update and if
something new comes out after that it will most likely appear in the next
update. There are exceptions for the more virulent pandemic viruses, where
an interim patch (a special edition update so to speak) will be published.
lately there have been several of these.
One other factor is that the publication
dates for the various anti-virus companies vary as do their cut off dates, so
one company may be a head of the competition for a week or so. To use the
country colloquial, "It's a horse race, down to the wire every
week."
Kevin Childers
NetQuick Customer Support.
(910)
486-7845
(888) 228-0312
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:28
PM
Subject: Re(2): [IMail Forum] Declude
virus, Mcafee or F-prot?
Here is one that McAfee
cought at the workstation but Declude with F-Prot did not. I went to the
f-secure web site and searched for this virus and it was not in there
database!
McAfee VShield for Win9X-4.0.3: The file C:\PROGRAM
FILES\POINTCLEAR\POINTCLEAR HCS\STORE\TEMP\KBGRESUME.DOC on GAMMILLC was
infected with the virus W97M/Myna.gen. The file was successfully cleaned.
McAfee VShield for Win9X 4.0.3
> --- Original Message
---
> From: "Jerry Murdock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:17:06 -0400
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
Declude virus, Mcafee or F-prot?
>
> I would be very interested in
knowing what F-Prot is missing. My Declude
> install uses three distinct
engines with F-Prot being my first in line. After
> thousands of
infected messages, nothing has fallen through for Mcafee or Trend
> to
catch. I only continue to run the extra scanners to give the client
"warm
> fuzzies."
>
> What did F-Prot miss? Can I get a
copy of them? I am serious about this
> request. Although quite happy
with F-Prot, I wouldn't hesitate to change if I
> found a real
problem.
>
> Did you look at the Windows version before buying
it? IMO, it's a good
> no-frills scanner for the desktop, and at $2(or
less) a seat, the price can't
> be beat. BUT... I would never consider
it for server on-demand use. It just
> seems obvious to me that it isn't
targeted for the server market. My guess is
> the scheduler would work
fine as a service using srvany, but I haven't tried
> it - again I don't
think it's intended for that use.
>
> I use an FTP script to
update F-Prot, it is rock-solid, took 10 minutes to
> write, another 10
to test, and has been running reliably for months.
>
>
Thanks,
> Jerry
>
>
> ----- Original Message
-----
> From: Ken Anderson
> To: IMail_Forum ; Pasquale
>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
Declude virus, Mcafee or F-prot?
>
>
> I purchased F-Prot
for Windows and wish I got McAfee or Norton! The F-Prot
> does not run
as a service so I have to keep the server conole logged on all
> the
time so that F-Prot will get it's updates. Speaking of updates! There
>
updater program seems to FAIL A LOT! It is not very forgiving when it comes
to
> the Internet being busy or even there server being busy so we don't
get
> updated everytime it tries to update. I have found a lot of
viruses that have
> been released this year are not even detected by
F-Prot! Ouch! :-( Hope this
> has helped you in making a choice about
what brand to use.
>
> > --- Original Message ---
> >
From: "Pasquale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> To: "IMail_Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 17:17:42 +0200
> > Subject: [IMail Forum]
Declude virus, Mcafee or F-prot?
> >
> > I would like to
install declude virus with mcafee or f-prot on my servers,
> > that
are NT and Win2000. What is the better to use with these operating
>
> systems?
> > I want to know the effective benefit with this
programs, and if there are
> > problems with Imail Server.
>
> I would enfasize that the our applications are critical, and we can't
slow
> > our services.
> >
> > Any suggest is
welcome.
> >
> > Many thanks
>
>
>
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