Re: Antivirus on intranet network

[andy <andy-stern () gmx de>]

Ever heard of Panda Software? they have something like an intern antivirus-db server

greets


On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:36:44 +0100
Steven Meyer <meysteven () gmail com> wrote:

> Maybe wasn't my question clear enough, All the security problems
> related to people trying to ad a laptop to the network or trying to
> connect to the Internet from the work computers have been resolved.
> As I tried to explain in my first e-mail, The point is how to update
> an anti virus with out allowing him to connect to the Internet, and
> witch anti virus would be able to do this ( threw diskette for
> example).
>
> 2005/11/26, Mark Brunner <mark_brunner () hotmail com>:
> > 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


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