[sdw2003] Managed Anti Virus?

[Tracy Reed]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 02:46:41PM -0800, Josh Tays spake thusly:
> Unfortunately I can't tell my clients to not run Anti Virus.

I know what you mean. Cargo cult security is everywhere. :(

> The biggest problem is Windows XP machines with malware and rootkit
> infections.  It brings me income, but I am getting tired of cleaning the
> same crap off of workstations day in and day out lately.

Kinda like cleaning toilets, I imagine. It pays (something) and needs
to be done but nobody wants to be the person who does it.

> When I say anti virus I believe that it should encompass traditional
> virus protection with malware, etc... but with the least resource
> impact possible.  I understand that no single product will have 100%
> detection but something out there has to be better than SAV with XP
> machines.

A shame whitelisting can never be implemented properly to solve this
problem once and for all.

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Tracy Reed
http://tracyreed.org