If a zero-day malware lands on your system but didn't get triggered right away, and a signature became available in a few days, the only way to eliminate the threat before it gets activated by time or by user is with a scheduled scan. I've had the scheduled scans catch things that no sig was available for when then originally landed.
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Carl Houseman <[email protected]>wrote: > What's the answer to my question? (highlighted below in case you missed > it) > > > > And if you correctly answer the question, how do scheduled scans prevent an > infection that real-time scanning wouldn't prevent? > > > > Here's another: How dangerous is a malware file that resides on a hard > drive and is never accessed? > > > > Carl > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: User who doesn't like logging off / shutting down > > > > I'd believe you, except that I get reports from every scan of new bits > > of infestation, on at least 2 or three machines. Um, perhaps > > 'infestation' is not the right word. Let's say 'unwanted software' > > instead. Once in a while it's truly nasty, but more often is adware or > > some other silliness like the popcaploader crap from online games. > > > > Now, once we get to the point of eliminating admin rights for users on > > their desktops, I'll be more likely to agree with you. > > > > Kurt > > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 18:30, Carl Houseman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv > > > All this turmoil over scheduled scans... tell me, what do scheduled scans > find that real-time scanning won't catch? > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > Scheduled scans are about as useful as software firewalls... > > > > > > Carl > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
