RE: AV exclusions

2012-09-05 Thread David Lum
I can do the same with McAfee, or I can apply "tags" and sort/apply them that way which achieves the same thing. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 7:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: AV exclusions I use Sophos and have di

Re: AV exclusions

2012-09-05 Thread Stefan Jafs
I use Sophos and have different AD OU's for DC's, servers, LT's and desktop I can then set exclusions by OU's, very nice. Stefan On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Stefan Jafs wrote: > Here's Microsoft's KB article on the topic: > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158 > > Stefan > > > On W

Re: AV exclusions

2012-09-05 Thread Stefan Jafs
Here's Microsoft's KB article on the topic: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158 Stefan On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:10 AM, David Lum wrote: > For AV scanning/access it’s recommended to exclude specific > files/folders on DC’s, and member servers, SQL servers, etc. > > Do you guys hav

RE: AV exclusions

2012-09-05 Thread Guyer, Don
I always do it by server type/class as much as possible (DC, Exchange, etc) and then any "one-offs" individually. Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 email: dgu...@

Re: AV Exclusions

2011-11-18 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*>>but I shudder when I see software vendors specify the requirement to exclude *.tmp files* Sheer laziness... * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > not much risk until

Re: AV Exclusions

2011-11-18 Thread Erik Goldoff
not much risk until some malware writer takes advantage of this ... best practice is to exclude the extension within the known 'busy' target folder, and do as little *global* exceptions as possible. That said, it's still a safe practice today to exclude edb, ldf, mdf, pst, etc globally, but I shu

RE: AV Exclusions

2011-11-18 Thread John Cook
I would certainly not EVER scan an EDB. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday,