RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread David Mazzaccaro
No BSOD for me... BUTspeaking of Vipre, new this morning I have ALL my HP laptops reporting this: - Threat: ProtectionSystem Category: Rogue Security Program Severity: High Risk Action: Report Only Traces Found: File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\accelerometercp.CPL File:

Re: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
You might want to post this question on the Vipre discussion forum rather than the NTSysadmin list. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote: The list is pretty quiet this morning, is everyone else have the same ** fun** I am dealing with machines BSODing.

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Pretty typical Monday for me (*tap tap tap* knock on wood). I had a SCSI card fail on me yesterday afternoon though. Does that count? From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vipre

Re: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Eric Wittersheim
No problems here with Vipre. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: You might want to post this question on the Vipre discussion forum rather than the NTSysadmin list. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote: The

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Andy Ognenoff
Oh ya...unacceptable. Just glad I didn’t switch my main network to Vipre yet since we run ThinkPads exclusively. Just a few here and there got hit. Have you come up with a good procedure for recovery if you can’t boot into safe mode? - Andy O. From:

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Rod Trent
What's up with Vipre? Oh ya...unacceptable. Just glad I didn’t switch my main network to Vipre yet since we run ThinkPads exclusively. Just a few here and there got hit. Have you come up with a good procedure for recovery if you can’t boot into safe

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Andy Ognenoff
, especially ThinkPads. - Andy O. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... What's up with Vipre? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Davies,Matt
6 Lenovo machines all with Vipre, all BSOD, since the update yesterday. Having to run either a XP or Vista system repair to get them all up and working again. Not the happiest day so far. Matt From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 July 2009 17:02 To: NT

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Tom Miller
Same here. Use the ThinkVantage restore, then run Vipre updates. I also added exclusions for those files. I think the current defs address the issues with the ThinkVantage/Lenovo software. Tom Davies,Matt mdav...@generalatlantic.com 7/6/2009 12:24 PM 6 Lenovo machines all with Vipre,

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Rod Trent
Is the software that is being flagged really needed for the Lenovo's to function? I remember IBM was always bad at putting unnecessary stuff on their systems. Same here. Use the ThinkVantage restore, then run Vipre updates. I also added exclusions

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Davies,Matt
Which files are restoring ? From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: 06 July 2009 17:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Same here. Use the ThinkVantage restore, then run Vipre updates. I also added exclusions for those files. I think

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Andy Ognenoff
Active Protection System – the shock detection stuff.  - Andy O. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Is the software that is being flagged

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread David Mazzaccaro
madness... Don't blame IBM for a Sunbelt's mistake GuidoElia HELPPC Da: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Inviato: lunedì 6 luglio 2009 18.34 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Vipre monday madness... Is the software that is being flagged really

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Tim Evans
It isn't really *needed* to run, but if it isn't removed properly the laptop will blue screen. ...Tim From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Is the software that is being flagged

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Tim Evans
Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Oh ya...unacceptable. Just glad I didn't switch my main network to Vipre yet since we run ThinkPads exclusively. Just a few here and there got hit. Have you come up with a good procedure for recovery if you can't boot into safe mode? - Andy O

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread RichardMcClary
. ?Tim From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Is the software that is being flagged really needed for the Lenovo's to function? I remember IBM was always bad at putting

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread David Lum
: RE: Vipre monday madness... Is the software that is being flagged really needed for the Lenovo's to function? I remember IBM was always bad at putting unnecessary stuff on their systems. Same here. Use the ThinkVantage restore, then run Vipre updates. I also

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Greg Olson
: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... +1 I'm a Sunbelt fan, but yeah...ouch. Reading the forums, I'd hate to have to try and recover a remote user who doesn't have the IBM disks... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread David Mazzaccaro
, July 06, 2009 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... 150 laptops down here this am. I think we're down to only about 15 now (Of course there remote users). Never ever thought I'd long to get Symantec back, but it seems every def update seems to cause some

Re: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Jon Harris
] *Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2009 2:01 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Vipre monday madness... 150 laptops down here this am. I think we’re down to only about 15 now (Of course there remote users). Never ever thought I’d long to get Symantec back, but it seems every def

Re: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Len Hammond
PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Vipre monday madness... +1 We may revisit Symantec after SEP11 is history... On a side note... I mean seriously... Who is the moron that came up with that name SEP11? And how did it get the stamp of approval

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Alex Eckelberry
x220 e: a...@sunbeltsoftware.com MSN: alex...@hotmail.com w: www.sunbeltsoftware.com b: www.sunbeltblog.com -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... +1 I'm a Sunbelt fan, but yeah...ouch. Reading the forums, I'd hate to have to try and recover a remote user who doesn't have the IBM disks... David Lum

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread David Mazzaccaro
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... That's correct -- an FP this morning was detecting certain of the Shock Detection files on Thinkpads as malware. This has been corrected and we are doing a major review of our internal processes and procedures. As with any of these types

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Richard Stovall
I agree with your sentiments in principle, but the Vipre folks really do need to tighten it up or else they will wind up with same bad reputation. From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vipre monday madness

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Tim Evans
Message- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... That's correct -- an FP this morning was detecting certain of the Shock Detection files on Thinkpads as malware

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Gene Giannamore
monday madness... Active Protection System - the shock detection stuff.  - Andy O. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Is the software

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Yes, we will do that. -Original Message- From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 4:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Suggestion: create a bootable CD to allow admins to restore quarantined

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Davies,Matt
2009 21:58 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Suggestion: create a bootable CD to allow admins to restore quarantined files, and/or a BartPE plugin to do the same. Just in case this were to happen again (no one can guarantee the future). Gene Giannamore Abide

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
came from so you could move them back. -Original Message- From: Davies,Matt [mailto:mdav...@generalatlantic.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 4:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... Information from sunbelt a little while ago. We have new definitions out

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Tim Evans
interface to release the files - catch 22, hence the need for a stand along tool to manage the quarantine. .Tim -Original Message- From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness

RE: Vipre monday madness...

2009-07-06 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Issues Subject: RE: Vipre monday madness... That's what it does - it quarantines the files so they can't be accessed any other way than thru the Vipre interface. If you catch the system before it reboots, you can remove the files from quarantine no problem. If the system reboots, it blue screens