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  3. September 2001

iSeries-based virus programs

With the latest round of PC viruses being spread around the world, the IFS on
some AS/400 and iSeries boxes is once again acting as a virus carrier...  Have
any of the virus-scanning or security companies come out with AS/400-based virus
scanners that can be installed in a way that would prevent virus-infected files
from being stored in the IFS?  Or is the only option to somehow force all the
attached PCs to have active virus scanners in place, and then do a periodic
batch scan of the IFS from an attached PC?

(My suggestion is to have a security officer periodically do spot checks on
attached PCs, and then bonk any offenders who turned off virus scanning with a
baseball bat, but some companies seem to think that suggestion is a bit too
violent for their enterprises...)

Janet Krueger
Andrews Consulting Group

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