RE: Scanning the iSeries (IFS) for Viruses

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Even if you have a virus scanning package handling your email, and on all 
your PC's, it's not a bad idea to still check for stored virus's on a 
periodic basis.  Most of the vendors are hardworking.  They find a virus 
and they quickly release a new pattern file.  And then your software 
checks for patterns 4 times a day and downloads the latest.  However, 
there is still a small window of opportunity between the release of the 
virus, and the release, and installation, of the pattern file.  We use 
TrendMicro for our Domino iSeries based email.  And it scans all email, 
replications etc.  However we just ran their dbscan to scan our existing 
domino databases.  It found several hits.  True, we haven't ran the dbscan 
in quite some time.
Their stuff does not scan the IFS in general.

Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
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PO Box 2000
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Kendallville, IN 46755
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