RE: Shared folders virus protection -Reply

All true.  It's a good example of how policy and written procedures can only
take you so far. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BORING, David [mailto:dboring@shl.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 2:22 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Shared folders virus protection -Reply
> 
> 
> 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
> +---
> | This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
> | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
> | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
> | To unsubscribe from this list send email to 
> MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
> | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: 
> david@midrange.com
> +---
> 
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---