You have to give me good reason not to run Antivirus on a server. For example, it causes the applications to hose up (which would suck but I know happens).
Because I agree, there are too many opportunities for infection and a multi-layered defense is better than a single-layered defense. Signed, Once-an-Information-Security-Officer, Cyndi ----- Original Message ----- From: "uniVerse mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U2 Users Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:24 AM Subject: RE: UniVerse 10 on Win2k3 > up until yesterday i'd have agreed with you. However a client got infected with a virus that symantec *claims* to have known about since December, but wasn't actually detected until i sent them the sample and it appeared in last nights defs! > Virus spread via irc and *open admin$ shares* on the server - with weak administrator passwords. > Therefore the server got infected. A realtime scanner would have picked this virus up this morning. (just make sure the realtime scanner does not scan the database itself) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Youngman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Posted At: 24 March 2004 09:29 > Posted To: uniVerse > Conversation: UniVerse 10 on Win2k3 > Subject: RE: UniVerse 10 on Win2k3 > > > AARRGGHH!! > > NEVER EVER run antivirus on a server. > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
