Re: [OT]Proxy Software with multiple dialup numbers

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

Absolutely Ian, I didn't want to create a 'my AVP is better than your
AVP' war by accident so I didn't mention any names. My feeling is that
choosing the AVP for your business [or home network] is every bit as
important as selecting the SQL server, OS and programming solutions for
an EDS system. [substitute last sentence for something that actually
makes sense]


Calum

Ian Lowe wrote:
>
> There is another side to the Anti Virus thing, Calum:
>
> We were one of the many site bitten by McAfee's splendid 4.0.1 Dat
file...
> the nice automated distrib system dutifully passed the up to date
virus
> signatures around the organisation (1600 Pcs to be precise) which all
went
> to 100% util and locked up.
>
> Problem being, the scan engine wasn't updating because we use a locked
down
> desktop (our users are not local admins) However, the management
console was
> reporting a succesful update each time.
>
> When the Anti-virus software does everything a real virus would to
your
> system, what's the benefit? At least you don't pay an annual licence
for
> Melissa ;)
>
> Please don't take this as a suggestion to not use AV software, but
make sure
> you use one which uses a quarantined, two stage distribution model,
like
> CA's Innoculate IT.
>
> Ian
>
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