Re: Antivirus warnings from Windows Security Center

[Roger Safian <r-safian () NORTHWESTERN EDU>]

At 10:21 AM 4/13/2009, Gary Flynn put fingers to keyboard and wrote:
> Our desktop support folks are considering turning off anti-virus
> monitoring by the Windows Security Center due to false reports
> of anti-virus problems that confuse computer users.
>
> We're running Symantec Corporate Ediction 10.x and when the
> computers first start the WSC will pop up saying anti-virus
> isn't operating and/or definitions are out of date.

I see the same thing, although it hasn't been a concern here.  (yet)
The message does go away fairly quickly.

Personally, although I realize that WSC's monitoring is of limited use,
it does serve as one more reminder about the status of the anti-viral
software.

How big a problem is this?

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