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RE: Antivirus on intranet network
From: "Mark Brunner" <mark_brunner () hotmail com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:13:23 -0500
If your data has value, protect it appropriately. (I don't work for Symantec anymore, but I still buy their products) Personally, I run A/V on ALL my PC's, regardless of their internet connectivity. If I am going to go to the extreme of creating an isolated network, then I am going to make use of defense in depth and use multiple vendor's A/V solutions there. The Internet is one attack vector into an organization, however it is not the only one. Before we had the Internet (yes, there was a time...) we still had virii. They propagated via floppy & CD-ROM (called SneakerNet), downloaded files, and email. If you have ONE laptop on the "isolated" network, you have just multiplied the likelihood of catching and spreading malware. If you have ONE modem on any PC on the "isolated" network, you may have a connection to the Internet. If you move data from the shared network to the "isolated" network, then you may as well have just connected to the shared network. I know of several businesses that have been brought to their knees recently for SEVERAL DAYS as a result of the Sober.X worm. These are organizations that have invested in A/V products, but have misconfigured them, not administered them properly, or have poorly followed procedures. The threat is real, the vulnerability is evolving, and the risk is constantly rising. Cheers! Mark -----Original Message----- From: Steven Meyer [mailto:meysteven () gmail com] Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 6:07 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Antivirus on intranet network hello, I have a "Working" network who is totally disconnected (physically) from the Internet. people do the "search" on the "Internet " computers and then go on the "work" computers for analyse and the store the data. The Question is: I would need a anti virus on the "work" computers and I should be able to update the virus database daily without connecting any computer to the Internet. Which anti virus should I use and How could I do the update. Thanks for any help. Steven Meyer
Current thread:
- Antivirus on intranet network Steven Meyer (Nov 25)
- RE: Antivirus on intranet network Mark Brunner (Nov 28)
- Re: Antivirus on intranet network Steven Meyer (Nov 28)
- RE: Antivirus on intranet network Mark Brunner (Nov 28)
- RE: Antivirus on intranet network joseph martin (Nov 30)
- Re: Antivirus on intranet network andy (Nov 29)
- Re: Antivirus on intranet network Steven Meyer (Nov 28)
- RE: Antivirus on intranet network Mark Brunner (Nov 28)
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- Re: Antivirus on intranet network Steven Meyer (Nov 28)
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- Re: Antivirus on intranet network Neal C (Nov 29)
- RE: Antivirus on intranet network Lauren Ward (Nov 29)