Re: Antivirus/ransomware software

One reason it’s rare to see that software used is the sluggish IFS becomes
unbearably slow when each file access goes through the anti-virus software.
Remember the OS tends to use the IFS quite a bit now so if you do
implement something, make sure to avoid OS directories and such. The.
The question becomes why do it at all?



On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 3:58 PM frank boke <fboxxx1958@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think some vendors exist but not sure and if anyone is utilizing the
software I'm interested in learning about that.


On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 4:44 PM James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11/2/22 1:06 PM, frank boke wrote:

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct place or not but I've been

asked

to

review Antivirus/ransomware software for iSeries so what options are

there

and what are your experiences and/or recommendations?
Thanks, Frank

Do such products even exist?

So far as I'm aware, nobody has successfully infected any IBM Midrange
box in the real world with malware, without either QSECOFR-level access
and/or social engineering being involved.

Of course, if used for file serving, a Midrange box could be a vector,
but so could a USB thumb-drive.

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