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<DIV>Many thanks Con - I will pass this on to my technician.</DIV>
<DIV>Cheers, Keith<BR><BR>>>> conz@cyber.com.au 27/07/2006 12:13 pm >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #000000">On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 11:59:31AM +1000, Keith Richardson wrote:<BR>> Please forgive cross-posts.<BR>> Hello everyone.<BR>> We have an anti-virus software crisis and I would appreciate any advice<BR>> possible.<BR>> We have been using VET but they are forcing a change on us that is not<BR>> compatible so we need to look elsewhere.<BR>> Here is the QUESTION posed by my technician:<BR>> <BR>> "Anti virus question to those members of the group that have Novell file<BR>> servers with XP workstations.<BR>> What antivirus solution do you have in place with server based updates?<BR>> How efficient is this?<BR>> Does it affect network performance, if not what speed does network run<BR>> at?<BR>> Any recomendations for a low grade network?<BR><BR><BR>Keith,<BR><BR>Before you make a decision, trial ClamAV and ClamWin.<BR><BR>You can use Clam on many servers as a server-based AV, scanning incoming <BR>mail etc:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.clamav.net/">http://www.clamav.net/</A><BR><BR>You can use Clam Win on all your Windows PCs, including XP:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.clamwin.com/">http://www.clamwin.com/</A><BR><BR>Features:<BR><BR> - High detection rates for viruses and spyware;<BR> - Scanning Scheduler;<BR> - Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.<BR> - Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft <BR> Windows Explorer;<BR> - Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments <BR> automatically.<BR><BR>Clam AV and Clam Win are both free and open source.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Con Zymaris<BR><BR>- CEO, Cybersource Pty. Ltd.<BR>- Director, Open Source Industry Australia, Limited.<BR>- Convenor, Open Source Victoria (A Government-funded industry cluster.)<BR><BR>-- <BR>___________________________________________________________________________<BR>Con Zymaris <conz@cyber.com.au> Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne, Australia <BR>Cybersource: Australia's Leading Linux and Open Source Solutions Company <BR>Web: <A href="http://www.cyber.com.au/ ">http://www.cyber.com.au/ </A> Phone: 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR><A href="http://www.edulists.com.au">http://www.edulists.com.au</A> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe<BR>Moodle Mailing List kindly supported by<BR><A href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au</A> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and<BR><A href="http://www.vitta.org.au ">http://www.vitta.org.au </A> - VITTA Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>