[dba-Tech] AV Updates

This sounds neat, and a more convenient variety of my CD method. In case I'm
asked - is there any other advantage over the CD method than convenience? It
is still essentially the same process, right? Download the av's, place on a
transportable medium, put medium on laptop, update and scan?

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Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk



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Date: 06/09/04 15:40

>
> with a memory stick, you can download stinger or some other downloadable
av
> scanner onto it, insert the memory stick and run it from there - no
> installing, no network access.
>
>
> jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
> Sent: 06 September 2004 16:33
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>
> >Shouldn't one make every attempt not to let anything infected connect
to
> the network rather than connecting and then allowing the av software to
> shout?
>
> Yep, don't do that.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 11:00 AM
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> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] AV Updates
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>
> Thanks for replying Erwin.
>
> Points 1 & 2 - thanks for the ideas. Will think about those.
>
> Point 3 - mmm. I take your point, but my gut instinct is that it'd take a
> strong nerve. Doesn't everyone, for example, insist that floppy disks are
> virus scanned before going near the network? Isn't that the same
principle?
> Shouldn't one make every attempt not to let anything infected connect to
the
> network rather than connecting and then allowing the av software to shout?
> I'm not sure of that, I'm just wanting to tap into others' experiences and
> asking for feedback.
>
>
> --
> Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
>
>
>
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> Date: 06/09/04 14:50
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> >
> >
> > 1) A memory stick could be easier....
> >
> > 2) A wireless network that only connects to the internet and 1 Wifi
PC
> > card to put in the notebook...
> >
> >
> > 3) Why is that a problem at all? If all your computers and servers
> > update daily (or in my case hourly). If the notebook tries to infect
> > the other computers or servers the scanners will detect this....
> >
> >
> > Erwin
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy
Lacey
> > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 3:56 PM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: [dba-Tech] AV Updates
> >
> > Another admin question along the 'is this normal' line.
> >
> > When a laptop has been out and about for a few weeks, and comes back
> > into the office we won't let it on the network until it has had its
> > virus defs updated and had a full virus scan. But it can only get on
> > the internet via the netowrk, so how to get it up-to-date virus defs?
> > What we do is download them (Symantec, using Intelligent Updater),
put
> > them on a CD, and update the laptop from that. Is this the
> > normal/only/best/c**p way to do this?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andy Lacey
> > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
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