RE: Shared folders virus protection -Reply

["BORING, David" <dboring@xxxxxxx>]

This is true except that antivirus programs are like exercise equipment: it
only works if you use it. For this to work, the antivirus program needs to
be loaded on every PC that accesses QDLS, and probably on those that don't.
The antivirus programs also need to be kept up to date with the periodic
updates. If this is done religiously, then a virus should be caught the very
first time someone tries to access the file with the virus.

David Boring
Systems Engineer
EDS E.solutions consulting
Direct: (562) 809-5460
E-mail: dboring@shl.com


-----Original Message-----
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:44:55 -0700 
From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
Subject: RE: Shared folders virus protection -Reply

I'm not positive, but I think any pc anti virus package that has background
scanning and is network enabled ought to detect virus infected files any
time you try to open them.  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Archie Cameron [mailto:AGCAMER@mailhost.polarisind.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 10:25 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Shared folders virus protection -Reply
> 
> 
> That is only solution have available to me now.   I have a 
> job scheduled
> on my PC to scan/cure shared folders but I would like to be able to
> detect/cure on the fly.  I guess there is nothing availabe.  
> Am I  being
> worried needlessly??
> 
> >>> Bob Clark <bclark@ussafety.com> 07/09/99 10:32am >>>
> I would think that a PC with access to all QDLS objects could run PC
> based virus
> scanning against them.  This might take a while...
> 
> Archie Cameron wrote:
> 
> >   I have found a virus in a .doc in QDLS and cured it but 
> currently have
> > no automatic virus killer looking at shared folders. Is 
> anyone concerned
> > about virus protecting shared folders?
> > Please share your concerns/solutions or lack of them with me.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Archie Cameron
> > Polaris Industries Inc
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